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    excusit- ignorance of the law does not excuse ubi stabilitas ibireligio-where ever stability is‚ there will be religion. jongleurs- medieval wandering entertainers who played instruments‚ sang and danced‚ juggled‚ and performed plays. brawlers- a noisy quarrel‚ squabble‚ or fight. passe- old fashioned; out-of-style esse- being; existence. sorties- attacks redolent- (adj.) fragrant‚ smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an aura timorous- (adj)

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    “most of the inhabitants are employed in buying and selling merchandise‚ and trading in every corner of the world.” Explore and compare the dramatists use of trade in Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus and William Shakespeare’s The Merchant Of Venice with reference to a range of critical reading. Both plays were written in the 1590 ’s‚ the same period at which the duke visited london and made the statement that features in the title of this essay. the duke also so observed trade was an integral

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    3Red In both plays Macbeth and Doctor Faustus there are many different techniques used‚ but there are also many of the same types of dramatic styles. Macbeth is more of a villain tragedy that only has hints of comedy at intervals to take short breaks from the tragedy. On the other hand Doctor Faustus is a dramatic mixture of comedy and tragedy. Both of these plays however‚ contain the element of greed and show how it conquers people. Not many elements actually make theses plays similar but a lot

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    Do you know what a morality play is? If you ask this question to people‚ most people will have little to no knowledge of what a morality play really is. A morality play is simple to understand. It is really in the name. A morality play is a play that has a conflict and you see the right and wrong of what is happening throughout the play and then later in the play it presents good character or it could present good conduct. To sum it up‚ morality means something that districts the right and wrongs

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    sin to cause his own fall. To Doctor Faustus‚ this idea of sin is of no concern at the beginning of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. Faustus’ goal is to become god-like himself. In order to accomplish this‚ he learns of science and shows an interest in magic. He turns to the pleasures of magic and art and the poewr of scientific knowledge as substitutes for the Christian faith he has lost" (source 5 115). Clearly‚ this total disregard for God makes Faustus an atheist. However‚ it is only

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    The Conflict between Medieval and Renaissance Values in Doctor Faustus Doctor Faustus‚ is a play by Christopher Marlowe‚ based on a folktale of Germantic people‚ in which a man by selling his soul to devil for passionately seeking for power‚ the power of knowledge for twenty-fourth years living in all voluptuousness with the servitude from Mephastophilis. In this play‚ it has revealed about sin‚ redemption or damnation‚ the influence of power on corrupting‚ the divided nature of man‚ and the

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    Many scholars have debated whether the actions of Macbeth and Doctor Faustus in Shakespeare’s and Marlowe’s plays come from the characters themselves or whether they were following a predetermined fate. In the play The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ each character’s destiny‚ or fate‚ seems to be predetermined by the supernatural and unpreventable by any actions meant to stop it from occurring. The concept of fate is a large component in many Aristotelian Tragedies‚ such as Macbeth

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    Faustus’ character is certainly not one-dimensional. Throughout the timeframe of twenty-four years in which the play takes place‚ we see Faustus in different lights‚ but none of them provide a cast-iron mold of what ’type’ of character Faustus is. Thus we can assume he is three-dimensional; extremely complex. Marlowe likely developed Faustus in this way so as to provide the audience with questions rather than answers. However‚ many critics have perceived elements of humanism portrayed through Faustus

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    Discuss how the passage contributes to the portrayal of Faustus as a tragic hero‚ paying particular attention to Marlowe’s use of language. In the passage we learn that his time has come‚ and in that instance you sympathize with him as he really doesn’t want to die. This passage itself links strongly to the central themes of the play. Marlowe’s use of language conveys that Faustus has accepted his fate‚ and you hear the relief in his voice that his life will finally be over once he has seen Helen

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    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

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