Faustus Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
Anderson, David K. "The Theater of the Damned: Religion and the Audience in the Tragedy of Christopher Marlowe." Texas Studies in Literature and Language 54.1 (2012): 80. Web. 31 Oct. 2016. Anderson discusses in “The Theater of the Damned” the concept of religion in Doctor Faustus. Anderson discusses why the audience would pay to see characters of a play brought to such low points throughout the duration of the story. Anderson explains how the viewers of a play in the time the play was written, along with modern day readers, have a lust for knowledge just as Faustus did. This helps the readers associate themselves with Faustus, and increases the emotional impact that Faustus’s damnation has on the reader. Anderson explains how Faustus plays the antithesis of a …show more content…
"The Verie Paines of Hell: Doctor Faustus and the Controversy Over
Christ's Descent." Shakespeare Studies 36 (2008): 174. Web. 31 Oct. 2016. In “The Verie Paines of Hell”, Hirschfeld discusses about the human search to see what is “good enough” in order to be saved or to be damned. Hirchfeld continues by comparing Doctor Faustus’s descent into damnation to Christ’s descent into hell after his death and before his resurrection. Hirchfeld’s main points in the article are to explain how it is natural for humans to want to atone for their sins, especially when the punishment of damnation exists. Similar to Parker, Hirschfeld discusses how natural it is for Faustus, and the audience, to seek knowledge. I will use this source to continue to prove that the tale of Doctor Faustus is a tale of forgiveness. I will use this source to explain how Christ’s sacrifice can be contrasted to Doctor Faustus’s self-destruction into damnation. I will use the source, along with the other two sources in order to explain what sins exactly caused his demise. I will explain about his lust for knowledge and truth, but condemn the methods that he used to obtain this