ENGL 2111B (MWF 1:00) Syllabus change:
Please try to finish Marlowe's Doctor Faustus for Monday's (12 November)
class. I want to try to start working on Act I of Hamlet on
Wednesday (14 November).
ENGL 2111C (M 6:30) Syllabus change:
Please try to finish Marlowe's Doctor Faustus for Monday's (12 November)
class.
Study Questions for Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
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Is Dr. Faustus a Renaissance man or a godless sinner? How do you
think Marlowe would respond to this question?
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In what ways does Dr. Faustus epitomize Renaissance attitudes about knowledge
and learning? Compare the ideas about knowledge explored in this
play to those in St. Augustine, Petrarch, Machiavelli, Erasmus, and Montaigne.
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Is Dr. Faustus a hero? Compare him to other heroes we have read about.
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Read Faustus's speeches in Act 1, Scene 1 carefully. What parts of
his life is he unhappy with?
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How is Hell described in the play? How does it compare to Dante's
Hell?