Essays on Doctor Faustus

‘Dr Faustus is a complex character, at times his arrogance is overwhelming and at others we admire his courage but then we are moved to pity him’ – Examine how and why a critic might justify this view of Marlowe’s protagonist with reference to both…

As the titular character within the play, Faust represents a man who is at odds with what he has access to and what he can attain. He embodies the quintessential intellectual, a man who has dedicated his life to education and for this reason, arguably…

In the play Doctor Faustus, the main character deals with a desire to contain more knowledge– it drives him to the need of repenting. Throughout the play he battles with his thoughts to do so. Marlowe is trying to show through the play if the…