Doctor Faustus or the original title of this play The Tragical History of Life and Death of Doctor Faustus was written by Christopher Marlowe and it is based on German stories about the title of character Faustus. The story of this play take place in Wittenberg, Germany in the 16th century. This play was first performed between years 1588 and 15963.
The story of Doctor Faustus is compared to the Greek myth of Icarus, a boy who was lost in a labyrinth, and his father gives him wings made of feathers and bee wax to help him get out from that labyrinth. He did not listen his father advice for not flying to high close to the Sun. His pride lead him to fly high close to the Sun, so his wings melted from the heat of the Sun and fell down to the sea where he died. In the same way the Chorus warn us, that Doctor Faustus will “mount …show more content…
(University, n.d.)
Christopher Marlowe wrote his masterpiece Doctor Faustus as a very young man, but his destiny was to die young.
Faustus is not the first hero in the history of literature who is “brave” enough to ignore God and take his fate on his own hands. The using of forbidden art of black magic helps him to get what he wants and at the same time it transfers him from a hero to a true villain who is not afraid of anything. “What will be, shall be! Divinity adieu” (Marlow, Ch. 1965, Page, 52).
In Christopher Marlowe’s play Doctor Faustus, the question whether God exists or not, is not the main issue. The main focus in the play is on the rejection of God, not on his denial. We can see from the play that Doctor Faustus does not deny God; he even is convinced that God exist. “the reward of sin is death….if we say that we have no sin/ we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us” (Marlowe, Ch. 1965, Page,
The story of Doctor Faustus is compared to the Greek myth of Icarus, a boy who was lost in a labyrinth, and his father gives him wings made of feathers and bee wax to help him get out from that labyrinth. He did not listen his father advice for not flying to high close to the Sun. His pride lead him to fly high close to the Sun, so his wings melted from the heat of the Sun and fell down to the sea where he died. In the same way the Chorus warn us, that Doctor Faustus will “mount …show more content…
(University, n.d.)
Christopher Marlowe wrote his masterpiece Doctor Faustus as a very young man, but his destiny was to die young.
Faustus is not the first hero in the history of literature who is “brave” enough to ignore God and take his fate on his own hands. The using of forbidden art of black magic helps him to get what he wants and at the same time it transfers him from a hero to a true villain who is not afraid of anything. “What will be, shall be! Divinity adieu” (Marlow, Ch. 1965, Page, 52).
In Christopher Marlowe’s play Doctor Faustus, the question whether God exists or not, is not the main issue. The main focus in the play is on the rejection of God, not on his denial. We can see from the play that Doctor Faustus does not deny God; he even is convinced that God exist. “the reward of sin is death….if we say that we have no sin/ we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us” (Marlowe, Ch. 1965, Page,