Dr Faustus
Assignment Two
Part One
Look back at the two answers that you produced for assignment one, and read carefully through your tutors comments. Remember to check that your tutor has written on your (PT3) form as well as the comments in the margins. You should choose one of your answers to rework. Your answer to this part of the assignment will need to be produced in two stages. First you will need to present the original versions the answer that you have chosen to rework.You should include your tutor made on this answer. Secondly, you should produce a new draft of your answer, drawing on your tutors comments.
Original version with comments.
When we begin to read the first three verses of this passage we realize that the daemon Mephistopheles is actually referring to the Old man. This verse explains to us that the old man’s faith in God is so strong that Mephistopheles cannot touch his soul. So he tries to afflict his body with pains, but the Old man’s body is of little worth. The Old man’s soul is so beautiful whereas Doctor Faustus’s soul is black due to making a pact with the devil. (Comment-Paul Dixon)Yes, well noted. You’ve put these first lines of the extract nicely into context here, and your interpretation of them is very good. Do you think the fact that Mephistopheles has ‘touched’ Faustus’s soul contributes to the portrayal of him as a tragic hero?
Mephistopheles calls forth a daemon and brings forth Helen of Troy, apparently the most beautiful woman to ever be desired. Helen is famous for her abduction by Paris which led to the Greeks starting a war over her which was called the Trojan War. Faustus has just witnessed in front of him Helen of Troy. He says the verse: “Whose sweet embracing 's may extinguish clean/ These thoughts that do dissuade me from my vow.” (O’Connor, 2003, pp.101-103) In my opinion he says this to divert his
Part One
Look back at the two answers that you produced for assignment one, and read carefully through your tutors comments. Remember to check that your tutor has written on your (PT3) form as well as the comments in the margins. You should choose one of your answers to rework. Your answer to this part of the assignment will need to be produced in two stages. First you will need to present the original versions the answer that you have chosen to rework.You should include your tutor made on this answer. Secondly, you should produce a new draft of your answer, drawing on your tutors comments.
Original version with comments.
When we begin to read the first three verses of this passage we realize that the daemon Mephistopheles is actually referring to the Old man. This verse explains to us that the old man’s faith in God is so strong that Mephistopheles cannot touch his soul. So he tries to afflict his body with pains, but the Old man’s body is of little worth. The Old man’s soul is so beautiful whereas Doctor Faustus’s soul is black due to making a pact with the devil. (Comment-Paul Dixon)Yes, well noted. You’ve put these first lines of the extract nicely into context here, and your interpretation of them is very good. Do you think the fact that Mephistopheles has ‘touched’ Faustus’s soul contributes to the portrayal of him as a tragic hero?
Mephistopheles calls forth a daemon and brings forth Helen of Troy, apparently the most beautiful woman to ever be desired. Helen is famous for her abduction by Paris which led to the Greeks starting a war over her which was called the Trojan War. Faustus has just witnessed in front of him Helen of Troy. He says the verse: “Whose sweet embracing 's may extinguish clean/ These thoughts that do dissuade me from my vow.” (O’Connor, 2003, pp.101-103) In my opinion he says this to divert his
Bibliography: O 'Connor, J.(ed.) (2003). Doctor Faustus the A text. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. pp101-103 Based on the Random House Dictionary Pacheco (2008) "Reading Doctor Faustus" in Pacheco 9ed. eputations (AA100 Book 1) Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp30-58 Part Two