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    Doctor Faustus. Discuss Marlowe’s use of language in this passage and how it contributes to the characterization of Faustus. FAUSTUS This word ‘damnation’ terrifies not him‚ For he confounds hell in Elysium. His ghost be with the old philosophers! But leaving these vain trifles of men’s souls‚ Tell me what is that Lucifer thy lord? MEPHISTOPHELES Arch-regent and commander of all spirits. FAUSTUS Was not that Lucifer an angel once? MEPHISTOPHELES Yes‚ Faustus‚ and most

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    wars‚ love affairs in royal courts‚ or great deeds‚ but the tale of Faustus. Faustus was born of ordinary parents‚ in Rhodes‚ Germany. When he came of age he went to Wittenberg to live with relatives and study at the university. Due to his great talent‚ he quickly completed his studies and became a doctor of divinity‚ known for his brilliance in theological matters. But alluding to the story of Icarus‚ the Chorus says that Faustus’ "waxen wings did mount above his reach" (l. 21). He has begun to study

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    DOCTOR FAUSTUS Also from Routledge: ROUTLEDGE · ENGLISH · TEXTS GENERAL EDITOR · JOHN DRAKAKIS WILLIAM BLAKE: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. David Punter EMILY BRONTË: Wuthering Heights ed. Heather Glen ROBERT BROWNING: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. Aidan Day BYRON: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. Norman Page GEOFFREY CHAUCER: The Tales of The Clerk and The Wife of Bath ed. Marion Wynne-Davies JOHN CLARE: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. Merryn and Raymond Williams JOSEPH CONRAD: Selected

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    Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. What does this scene tell us about Faustus’s state of mind? Pay particular attention to Marlowe’s use of language. The passage is written in blank verse throughout using iambic pentameter.– The most typical form of writing from the 16th Century poets. In the passage Act 2 Scene 1‚ Marlowe gives the impression of Faustus feeling isolated and trapped almost between the good and evil angels. His lack of self-confidence is apparent from the first two lines ‘Now‚ Faustus‚ must thou

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    Doctor Faustus can be seen as either a romantic rebel or a damning folly. This excerpt‚ “His waxen wings did mount above his reach‚ And‚ melting‚ Heavens conspir’d his overthrow‚” makes a reference to Icarus‚ which is a story told about a man named Icarus and his attempt to escape Crete using wings that his father had made out of feathers and wax. Icarus ignored instructions not to fly too close to the sun‚ and his wax wings melted and caused him to fall into the sea where he drowned. The main theme

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    overreaching protagonists‚ and his mysterious death. Plays        Dido‚ Queen of Carthage (c.1586) (possibly co-written with Thomas Nashe) Tamburlaine‚ part 1 (c.1587) Tamburlaine‚ part 2 (c.1587-1588) The Jew of Malta (c.1589) Doctor Faustus (c.1589‚ or‚ c.1593) The passionate Edward II (c.1592) shepherd The Massacre at Paris (c.1593) Poetry     An anonymous portrait in Corpus Christi College‚ Cambridge believed to show Christopher Marlowe. Translation of Book One of Lucan’s

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    plays‚ all of which were immensely popular. Among the most well known of his plays are Tamburlaine‚ The Jew of Malta‚ and Doctor Faustus. Marlowe was a great innovator of blank verse‚ unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter. The richness of his dramatic verse anticipates Shakespeare‚ and some argue that Shakespeare’s achievements owed considerable debt to Marlowe’s influence. Doctor Faustus was probably written in 1592‚ although the exact date of its composition is uncertain. Doctor Faustus is a play

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    [1] Christopher Marlowe’ s Doctor faustus Doctor Faustus is probably Christopher Marlowe’s most famous work. A contemporary of William Shakespeare‚ and author of nondramatic poetry as well‚ Marlowe wrote only seven plays. If Shakespeare had died at an equally young age—twenty-nine rather than fifty-two—Marlowe might be the more famous of the pair. Marlowe was one of the first English writers to perfect black verse—unrhymed iambic pentameter—and to use it with flexibility and poetic effect in drama

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    John Webster. It begins as a love story‚ with a Duchess who marries beneath her class‚ and ends as a nightmarish tragedy as her two brothers exact their revenge‚ destroying themselves in the process. The play is sometimes ridiculed by modern critics for the excessive violence and horror in its later scenes. But the violence and horror scenes give it the touch it needs to be a revenge tragedy. The Cardinal and Ferdinand‚ the brothers of the Duchess‚ are very much against their sister’s re-marriage.

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    Hereafter Essay Tragedy is inevitable; it affects all human beings at one point or another. Russell Banks illustrates this universal truth brilliantly in “The Sweet Hereafter.” Bank’s characters‚ Billy Ansel‚ Nicole Burnell and Dolores Driscoll all face tragedy‚ and all gain insight into themselves. However‚ not all characters react to tragedy consistently. To some this is beneficial‚ although to others this is the greatest tragedy of all. Billy Ansel deals with tragedy consistently throughout

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