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A review by annataeko
Doctor Faustus and Other Plays by David Bevington, Christopher Marlowe, Eric Rasmussen
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...).