Faustus critics Flashcards
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Mangun
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Uses the machinery of a morality play
2
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Deats (everyman)
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Marlowe’s tormented hero is not an Everyman figure but an exceptional individual.
3
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Faustus as a symbol
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- an archetypical symbol of humanity’s aspirations, follies and impossible dreams.
- Epic mode, Faustus as heroic
- ‘Base of stock’ audience condemn hierarchical society
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Ellis-Fermor (What is Faustus?)
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- Satanic tragedy
- Miltonian school of thought.
- Echos Marlowe’s rebellious nature
5
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Religious reading of whole text
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No more religious document in all of Elizabethan drama
6
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Religious reading of Faustus himself
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- Agent of his own demise
- ‘Go forward Faustus in that Famous art’ Foreshadows satanic fall
- Could present as being seduced
7
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What do ‘heavens conspired’ and ‘twas I… that led thine eye’ do to heroic arguements?
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Problematise the affirmament of free will
8
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Cheney, play deconstructs.
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- Deconstructs calvinist theology
- Affirmament of artistic freedom
9
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Brooke, comedic characters
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Faustus is burlesqued by Wagner and the Clowns
