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dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read for class. Eh, I didn’t hate it, but didn’t love it either. No rating, if I were, it’d probs be like a 2.5/3 I guess.
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a fairly easy, short read, but I found it to be fairly boring. The concept is fairly interesting, but the plot is almost non-existent. Many scenes feel disjointed and barely connected to the main plot. The play feels like it’s building up to something, but it never really pans out and the ending feels anticlimactic.
The above is essentially my thought immediately after reading the play. I did gain more appreciation for it after talking about it in class, but I still wouldn’t necessarily recommend to someone who reads to be entertained. If you read because you like to think deeply about a piece, you will probably enjoy this one a lot more than I did.
The above is essentially my thought immediately after reading the play. I did gain more appreciation for it after talking about it in class, but I still wouldn’t necessarily recommend to someone who reads to be entertained. If you read because you like to think deeply about a piece, you will probably enjoy this one a lot more than I did.
dark
reflective
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read this for college and found it so entertaining if slightly unsettling. I wrote my term paper on its farcical elements. Selling your soul to the devil for ultimate power and knowledge and then becoming a mega prankster is exactly the kind of plot line I needed. Then becoming so stupid that you don’t turn back along the crappy path to the hell mouth you’re heading down even though it’s readily available and open to you is highly entertaining. Dr Faustus you are intensely stupid despite your scholarly knowledge. A lot of academics nowadays could learn from this play. So entertaining…. So many layers… I could say so much. I only gave it 3 stars because I had to read it for college but overall it was entertaining if a bit insane.
Lordy, I love this play! I wrote my largest term paper on this play (something like 25 pages long) explaining how I would design sets, costumes, and lights for this play with justifications in the text. I played on opposites. . .using light to symbolize evil and darkness to symbolize goodness. Some with white and black. Just to show how the "dark side" cane be tempting and can take very alluring forms.
dark
tense
fast-paced
Sell your soul to the Devil for knowledge, then squander this to become a silly prankster instead?! Got it.
Moral of the story, just don’t sell your soul at all.
Everyone has heard about one iteration or another of Faustus and his deal with the devil. In this version by Marlowe, Faustus is a doctor who craves for knowledge and wishes to know everything about the dark arts.
To acquire this knowledge he makes a deal with the demon Mephistopheles to relinquish his soul to Lucifer, in exchange for the enlightenment he seeks and the servitude of Mephistopheles for 24 years.
As the years go by Dr. Faustus has everything he wanted from his deal, and proceeds to toy with and prank everyone from his peers to the Pope.
When the 24 years are nearly over, and Lucifer is bound to collect; Faustus regrets making the deal and fears what is to come. He contemplates over remorse and repentance; but it is too late for him.
Christopher Marlowe’s play is a good cautionary tale to not mess with things we do not know. And to be happy with what we have.
Moral of the story, just don’t sell your soul at all.
Everyone has heard about one iteration or another of Faustus and his deal with the devil. In this version by Marlowe, Faustus is a doctor who craves for knowledge and wishes to know everything about the dark arts.
To acquire this knowledge he makes a deal with the demon Mephistopheles to relinquish his soul to Lucifer, in exchange for the enlightenment he seeks and the servitude of Mephistopheles for 24 years.
As the years go by Dr. Faustus has everything he wanted from his deal, and proceeds to toy with and prank everyone from his peers to the Pope.
When the 24 years are nearly over, and Lucifer is bound to collect; Faustus regrets making the deal and fears what is to come. He contemplates over remorse and repentance; but it is too late for him.
Christopher Marlowe’s play is a good cautionary tale to not mess with things we do not know. And to be happy with what we have.