Critics

Question 1

Munson

which play?

opinion?

Answer 1

Faustus

focus of play moves from power to pleasure and fame

hubris and hedonism combine to doom marlowes hero

Question 2

Hallam

Answer 2

Faustus

there is an awful melancholy about Marlowes mephistopheles

Question 3

Mangun

Answer 3

Faustus

use the machinery of a morality play

Question 4

Brooke

Answer 4

Faustus

faustus is burlesqued by Wagner and the comedic characters

Question 5

Francis

Answer 5

Faustus

Faustus is a vulgar sorcerer

Question 6

Maclean

Answer 6

Enron

the power of self delusion and how people rationalise and deceive themselves

Question 7

Rees

Answer 7

Enron

about the demise and collapse of power

Question 8

Billington

Answer 8

Enron

prebbles overwhelming point is that nothing is learned

Question 9

Bruce

Answer 9

King Lear

Lear’s actions are a catalyst not a cause because the world faces inevitable destruction outside of ones control

Question 10

Dollimore

Answer 10

King Lear

a play about power, property and inheritance

Question 11

Kott

Answer 11

King Lear

All bonds, all laws whether divine, natural or human are broken

Question 12

Woods

Answer 12

King Lear

King Lear stages a total breakdown in civilisation

Question 13

Walker

Answer 13

King Lear

Shakespeare offers us a story without redemption