Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

 Introduction

          Marlowe is a most out standing figure amongst the university wits. His importance can be judged from the opinion of many critics that marlow was the model for Shakespeare. Had there beer  no marlow, there would have been no. Shakespeare, Shakespeare learnt from marlow at least two major drwnatic techniques. his "Theory of tragedy"and his 'Black versr". He Learnt the concept of the "Tragic Hero" and " The spiritual Confict" through which the hero passes from marlowe's

          [1] Dr. Faustus

          [2] King Edward II

          Christopher Marlowe's Famous Play " Doctor Faustus" is by Aristotle's definition a tragedy along with the tragic plot main plot of the play there is a comic, less serious subplot as well. This essay will aid to show how the tragic main plot of doctor Faustus interects with this play's humorous subplot. the relation between the two plot, and how the occurrence of this subplot makes the play even more tragic.

         

 As a prologue, the chorus tells us what type of play "doctor Faustus". It isn't about war and courtly love, but about Faustus , who was born of lower class parents. This can be seen as different from the medieval tradition. Faustus helds a lower status then kings and saints but his story is still worth telling. It gives an introduction to his wisdom and abilities, most remarkably in wademia, in which he excels so greatly that he is awarded a doctorate. During this opining, we also get our first clue to the source of Faustus's dawnfall. Faustus's tale is compared to the sun and fell to his death when the sun melted his waken wings. This is certainly a hint to Faustus's end as well as bringing to our attention the ideal ofexcessive pride which is represented in the story of Icarus

         
 In the play doctor Faustus reaches his downfall  because he attempts to reach beyond what he is capable of achieving in the opening of the play, Faustus comments that he has reached the ends of every subject he has studied he appreciated logicas being a tool for arguing; medicineas being unvalued unless it allowed raising the dead immortality; lawas being upstanding and above him divinityas useless because he feels that all humans commit sin, and to have sins punishable by death complicates the logic of Divinity.  He dismisses it as "what doctrine call you this ? que sera, sera", which Spanish for "what will be, shall be".
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