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pixieauthoress's review
4.0
Read "Doctor Faustus" for EN2004: Drama: Reading and Performance, 2011
"Doctor Faustus" was a quick and simple read, only around 40 pages long. So far I've only read the A-text so it shall be interesting to read the B-text and see how it differs. I found it quite amusing in places, although perhaps unintentionally? Faustus's end was tragic but inevitable, although I'm not sure whether it suggests that God wouldn't forgive him or if he was too heavily under Lucifer's power to ask for forgiveness? Either way, I enjoyed reading the play and look forward to studying it this semester. 7/10
"Doctor Faustus" was a quick and simple read, only around 40 pages long. So far I've only read the A-text so it shall be interesting to read the B-text and see how it differs. I found it quite amusing in places, although perhaps unintentionally? Faustus's end was tragic but inevitable, although I'm not sure whether it suggests that God wouldn't forgive him or if he was too heavily under Lucifer's power to ask for forgiveness? Either way, I enjoyed reading the play and look forward to studying it this semester. 7/10
hope_lenzen's review
3.0
It’s a classic, right? Something you should read if you’re intending to study the trope of making deals with the devil.
dianadawn's review against another edition
3.0
** NOT SPOILERS FREE**
In literary terms, the only thing I disliked was the appearance/mention of the woman (Helen of Troy). Now what amused me the most about this story was the intertextuality between Doctor Faustus and Doctor Strange (when it comes to the main character's relation and ambition to the world of black magic and arts and his achieving that greatness) and Sherlock (just when it comes to 'The Woman', in that the thought of her makes the character sort of get confused and mentally collapsed and lost).
Overall, the internal battle and the psychology of Faustus's character are truly brilliant (I really loved Wagner though! I wish he had appeared more in the end- or that he was one of the characters who in the end would turn out to be really helpful for Faustus' increasing devastation! Whatever happened to Wagner...).
In literary terms, the only thing I disliked was the appearance/mention of the woman (Helen of Troy). Now what amused me the most about this story was the intertextuality between Doctor Faustus and Doctor Strange (when it comes to the main character's relation and ambition to the world of black magic and arts and his achieving that greatness) and Sherlock (just when it comes to 'The Woman', in that the thought of her makes the character sort of get confused and mentally collapsed and lost).
Overall, the internal battle and the psychology of Faustus's character are truly brilliant (I really loved Wagner though! I wish he had appeared more in the end- or that he was one of the characters who in the end would turn out to be really helpful for Faustus' increasing devastation! Whatever happened to Wagner...).
caitlinyhodges's review against another edition
5.0
I finally finished all the plays! These are my favorite plays I have ever read, for sure. I am writing my senior thesis on Doctor Faustus.
lady_of_shalott's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
madiiii's review against another edition
3.0
I've only read Doctor Faustus from Marlowe but aside from a stupid essay I had to write I quite enjoyed it.
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