Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe | Summary & Analysis
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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth analysis of the plot, characters, symbols, themes, and motifs in Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus.
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Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus delves into the consequences of making a deal with the devil.
The titular protagonist, stymied by a life in academia, turns to the dark arts to slake his thirst for power and knowledge. After striking a deal with Lucifer's servant Mephastophilis, he proceeds to enact a series of petty terrors on people ranging from common merchants to the pope himself.
Having squandered his magical abilities, Faustus must face the consequences of his bargain. The chilling climax testifies to the schism between believers in pre-destination and freewill that epitomized the sociopolitical climate of Marlowe's day.
Renaissance English playwright Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus was first published in 1604. Even though his literary career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 29, Marlowe's skillful use of blank verse transformed English poetry and brought a new level of maturity to Elizabethan theater. As a contest between desire and conscience, rebellion and remorse, Doctor Faustus remains relevant today.
The play contains many powerful themes, such as soaring ambition and a hellish fall represented by Doctor Faustus selling his soul for knowledge without realizing the price he must pay. Other themes include damnation vs. salvation, good vs. evil, pride, and ambition.
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2:12 "wow really worth selling your soul over for sure" those lines caught me 😂😂😂
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I would argue that the climax is when Faustus kisses Helen. That is the tragic hero’s point of no return. He even says she sucks his soul out. What follows next is the falling action speeding him to his damnation.
I might also suggest that the Old Man is God. This is the real reason Mephistophilis can’t touch him. The big guns have come out for the final time to plead with Faustus.
I agree. The most important action. The soul being dragged down to hell is only the aftermath of the climatic action and thus is what we call the catastrophe.
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I got lost while watching & the video editing is incredible. Loved it !
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Next week,I'm having a Drama exam,and this is the play required.I hope I get some extra marks after watching this great analysis and explanation.Thank you sir..
Could you help me please about some question in this play؟
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Very well explained with very excellent choice of words for Dr.faustus. Thank you.
Wonderful precise
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Good and clear presentation
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Thoughts of Richard Burton brought me here as he played "Doctor Faustus" decades ago.
Would if they could, the cable channels, put it on the air but alas l dreamith to much. 🤔
Tnx a lot, great analysis, u've pointed out perfect meaning of text,
Amazing work
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wait is that angel and devil on the shoulder thing from christopher marlowe? is this the first time that appeared in culture?
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Are there different versions of Faust? I feel like I missed some of these details in the one I’m reading.
Dwight Stone yes, there are many adaptions, most popular are Marlowe’s en Goethe’s (german). There are small differences, but most things are the same.
there are two different texts, a (1604) and b (1616 i think)
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could you please share the PDF of this Sir?
What’s his first act of blasphemy? What is the difference between false knowledge and true knowledge? ım looking for these questions answers please help me
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I had a doubt sir.. Marlow written it in the yr 1558 then how pope were lived in that period ?? Would u please reply?
This is truly amazing. M teaching my daughter masters n this is one subject... It kind of looks like Dr Faustus has dabbled in Freemasonry. Which is prevalent today
Can u help me please I want response about question ,what is the religous climate of the Renaissance era in England
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Audible enough. THANKS ALOT
What is the significance of using the symbol of blood ?
He explains that in the video, it symbolizes life and the connection to God
The Cathedral Church of the city of Santa Ana de Coro in Venezuela still has the plaque from the time of its foundation in 1527 written in Spanish and German, there is a link between the third german governor of Venezuela Phillip Von Hutten, a doctor and a court fortune teller of the Emperor Charles V, called Faust, who were very close friends and documentation was left in the hands of the Von Hutten family warning him of a disastrous outcome, it is alleged that this event was part of Goethe's inspiration for his work Faust, of that there is a fabled novel the Moon of the Faust by Francisco Herrera Luque. At first there was no southern border because they believed that the province of Tierra Firme (actual Venezuela) bordered the Pacific and they believed that the northern limit being the Caribbean, the south would be the Pacific. In World War II, the Nazis wanted to use the argument of stealing their province to claim rights over the western region of Venezuela.
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with pictures well explained.
i like how the faustus stand-in in bedazzled (2000) is the complete opposite of this faustus
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For 24 years of service even I would have sold my soul lmao
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What about doctor faustus by thomas mann?
Same school, before eschatologists took over.
I have an exam about it on Tuesday and this helped me so much to understand
Can you write what he said in English language because he spoke so quickly and we are simple students please
I'm Indian Student and this video is useful.
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I need some analysis about this play can you help me?
That's what this video is...
Shakespeare was a Protestant during this period there was a Protestant Reormation , Calvinism
AS HE GOT HOLD OVER NACROMANCY ,
HE GOT ARROGANT, MEPHISTOHILIS ANOTHER ANGEL WHICH PLAYED MAJOR ROLE IN HIS PLAY A RENAISSANCE PLAY , HE MASTERS MAGIC ,
HE SELLS HIS SOUL BECOMES SLAVES TO GOOD AND EVIL ANGEL
THERE WERE LINES 'COME TO ME '
HE ALWAYS INVITED SPIRITS TO HIS PALACE
ADAM LAMBERT RECOMMENDED TO HEAR THIS SUMMARY.
thankyou, but I dont get it can u explain it in easier words for a nearly teen thankyou :/
Put subtitles on
@@t.4861 yuh i did ..i figuered that put lmao thanks...its been so long that i forgot what doctor faustus is 0-0
Sounds like Doctor FAUCI (The modern doctor evil).
A BOHEMIAN AMD EPICUREAN MAN SLAVE TO MAGIC, HIS MAIN GOAL LATER BECOMES ( A PERSON , WHO WAS JUST EAT DRINK AND MAKE MERRIMENT)
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Hello, fellow students.
May Mephistolese take those who gave this one a thumbs down.
Who cares lucifer is ok
Es-chews instead of eschews?
I don't get why Americans always go out of their way to say basic words wrong all the time, it's like they're really uncomfortable with English.
It makes it really hard to take any intellectual input very seriously. I've heard eschews pronounced many times in my 47 years on this earth, and I've never heard it mangled like Es-Chews like that.
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