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DR. FAUSTUS CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE “...We must now perform The form of Faustus’ fortunes, good or bad” I. 1. 7-8.

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1 DR. FAUSTUS CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE “...We must now perform The form of Faustus’ fortunes, good or bad” I. 1. 7-8

2 BACKGROUND  RENAISSANCE DRAMA WRITTEN BY A CONTEMPORARY OF SHAKESPEARE  BASED ON TRADITIONAL FAUST LEGEND (MAN SELLS HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL IN RETURN FOR WISH FULFILLMENT)  DEALS WITH THE POWERS OF GOOD AND EVIL  BIBLICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL ALLUSIONS

3 CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE  TRAINED FOR THE CLERGY BUT NEVER BECAME A CLERGYMAN  WROTE 7 PLAYS AND SOME POETRY  DIED IN A QUARREL OVER A TAVERN BILL  1 ST TO USE BLANK VERSE (UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER)  USED THE RUN-ON LINE TO CONTINUE THOUGHT FROM ONE LINE TO THE NEXT  FREQUENT USE OF CLASSICAL ALLUSIONS

4 THE RENAISSANCE  EMERGENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL  BIRTH OF LITERATURE AS A PROFESSION  “MIDDLE AGES MINUS GOD”

5 WHAT IS TRAGEDY?  SERIES OF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A PERSON OF SIGNIFICANCE, ENDING IN UNHAPPY CATASTROPHE, THE WHOLE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND SERIOUSNESS

6 ARISTOTLE’S POETICS AND THE THEORY OF TRAGEDY  TO AROUSE EMOTIONS OF PITY AND FEAR WHICH PRODUCE A CATHARSIS IN THE AUDIENCE  TO IMITATE THE ACTIONS OF MEN  CONFLICT BETWEEN PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST  PROTAGONIST’S ACTIONS DICTATED BY HIS TRAGIC FLAW (HAMARTIA)  PLOT: “THE TYING AND UNTYING OF A KNOT”

7 THE TRAGIC HERO 1. MAN OF DIGNITY, POSTION 2. POSSESSES A TRAGIC FLAW (HAMARTIA) 3. DIES WITH DIGNITY; HIS DEATH EVOKES PITY

8 PLOT STRUCTURE EXPOSITION RISING ACTION CLIMAX FALLING ACTION CATASTROPHE

9 PROLOGUE  SPOKEN BY THE CHORUS (A SINGLE ACTOR IN THIS CASE)  FAUSTUS’ BACKGROUND  FAUSTUS DISSATISFIED WITH HIS STUDIES AND HAS A DESIRE FOR FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE

10 ACT I  FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE FAUSTUS HAS MASTERED  WHY HAS HE REJECTED THEM?  WHO ENCOURAGES HIM TO STUDY NECROMANCY?  GOOD ANGEL / BAD ANGEL  LUCIFER  MEPHOSTOPHILIS  STORY OF THE FALL  FAUSTUS’ PLAN  COMIC RELIEF

11 ACT II  FAUSTUS’ CONTRACT WITH THE DEVIL  DEFINITION OF HELL  APPEARANCE OF 7 DEADLY SINS

12 ACT III  FAUSTUS’ ACTIVITIES  FAUSTUS’ PRACTICAL JOKES  BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE  ROBIN & DICK --- COMIC RELIEF  CLIMAX?

13 ACT IV  FAUSTUS’ FAME  BENVOLIO, MARTINO, & FREDERICK  FAUSTUS’ TRICKS ON HORSE- COURSER, CARTER

14 ACT V  FAUSTUS’ FINAL REQUEST  FAUSTUS’ PLEAS  WHAT IS THE FINAL OUTCOME?

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