Reviews

Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

joraud's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

swaggieob's review against another edition

2.5

idk how he thought any of what he was doing was a good idea but here we are

aprilshelene's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.75

potterpav's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

seeing the insanity that is the content warnings for a play that's only 64 pages is quite impressive, in a weird way. i thought this was better than goethe's faust part 1, which will probably get me assassinated at some point but gretchen's part in the original text made the entire thing so uncomfortable. i know you're not supposed to put modern values on an old text, but c'mon. he was like 50 and she was barely 14. mephistopheles stole the show as always, no one loves that devil like my seminar group. it was funny and strange and wonderfully written. i am surprised so many people don't like this text! i read the A text, which maybe lends some different perspectives, but the fact faust talks to himself entirely in the third person is genius, idk. faust and mephistopheles kissing compilation 10 minutes on youtube? well, i mean selling your soul to the devil can only end in one way. 

idi0twind's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

friendofmarlowe's review against another edition

5.0

9/26/21:
"i'll burn my books. ah, mephistopheles!"
yes. i bumped this bad boy up a star. and i refuse to justify that. mephistopheles my beloved. dr faustus my poor little meow meow

update: yeah so i read the b-text version (as opposed to the a-text) in like two hours i promise i'm okay though for real

previous readings:
4/10/21: reread
i just think it’s neat

guineverefischer03's review against another edition

2.0

Not that great but definitely "great"

phoebejazmine's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

jackdziatkowiec's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Regret, and the consequences of our actions, and hell. It's really good. I see similarities to Shakespeare, in some of the writing.

adela_ct's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0