1. Day 1
The Faust legend illustrates a common theme in western literature the urge to go beyond normal limits of human power.
In the original legend, doctor James Faustus sold his soul to the devil in order for to get knowledge of magic.
Elimination of redundancy
Capitalization of title before a person’s name
Capitalization of adjective formed from name of geographic area
Use of colon to introduce illustrative material

2. Capitalization of adjective formed from name of geographic area
Day 1
The Faust legend illustrates a common theme in Western literature: the urge to go beyond normal limits of human power.
Capitalization of adjective formed from name of geographic area
Use of colon to introduce illustrative material
In the original legend, Doctor James Faustus sold his soul to the devil in
for
order to get knowledge of magic.
Capitalization of title before a person’s name
Elimination of redundancy
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3. Pronoun/antecedent agreement Correction of sentence fragment
Day 2
Faust is a Renaissance hero whose aim is to realize their full potential at any cost in Christopher Marlowe’s play.
Faust’s desire for knowledge in conflict with the medieval view that salvation should of been his main concern.
Pronoun/antecedent agreement
Correction of sentence fragment
Correct use of helping verb have
Correction of misplaced phrase

4. Day 2
In Christopher Marlowe’s play, Faust is a Renaissance hero whose aim is to realize his full potential at any cost.
Pronoun/antecedent agreement
Correction of misplaced phrase
Faust’s desire for knowledge was in conflict with the medieval view that salvation should have been his main concern.
Correction of sentence fragment
Correct use of helping verb have

5. Day 3
Marlowe drew inspiration from the classics and brang Renaissance learning to his plays.
His plays, in which great learning was blended with deep emotion, show zest for life, not coldly formal.
Use of active voice to improve style
Elimination of faulty parallel structure
Correct past form of irregular verb

6. Day 3
Marlowe drew inspiration from the classics and brought Renaissance learning to his plays.
Correct past form of irregular verb
His plays, which blend great learning with deep emotion, show zest for life, not cold formality.
Use of active voice to improve style
Elimination of faulty parallel structure

7. Day 4
Doctor Faustus’s mind is torn among the desire for worldly knowledge and the conciousness of human limitations.
This is sure a tragedy that retains it’s power and meaning for modern audiences.
Correction of commonly confused words
Correct use of between and among
Correction of commonly misspelled words
Use of adverb to modify verb

8. Day 4
Doctor Faustus’s mind is torn between the desire for worldly knowledge and the consciousness of human limitations.
Correct use of between and among
Correction of commonly misspelled words
This is surely a tragedy that retains its power and meaning for modern audiences.
Use of adverb to modify verb
Correction of commonly confused words

9. Day 5
In his own life about which little is known Christopher Marlowe mirrors his tragic hero.
A freethinker he reached great heights in drama only to be asassinated in his twenties for his political views.
Use of commas with nonrestrictive clause
Use of comma to set off appositive
Correction of commonly misspelled words

10. Day 5
In his own life, about which little is known, Christopher Marlowe mirrors his tragic hero.
Use of commas with nonrestrictive clause
A freethinker, he reached great heights in drama only to be assassinated in his twenties for his political views.
Use of comma to set off appositive
Correction of commonly misspelled words