Dr. Faustus (Dover Thrift Editions)

As one of the most permanent myths in Western culture, the story of Faust tells knowledgeable German physician who sold his soul to demons in exchange for knowledge and strength. Early development of Faust 's curse was often ironic of clowns and low comedians. However, the young Elizabethan morning starring Christopher Marlow (1564-1593) acknowledged the elements of tragedy in Fawst's temptation and made it decline.

In his spectacular treatment of the legend of Faust, Marlow holds much of his rich illusion of origin. There is an illusion of angry Lucifer, the angel of the battle, the seven sins, the papal torture of Faust, and the spirit call of Alexander the Great. However, the playwright created the same powerful scene and entered the work with tragic dignity. One of them was destined to not ask Christ to rescue him, he eventually refused to be saved for Troy Helen's embrace.

Marlow succeeded Dr. Faustas's beginning, cursed the contract, the end of Fausto's end, the problem is in the middle. If the focus is wasted, sky, vanity! Vanity! The contract between Faustas and the devil, and then the middle of the drama will expand infinitely - clearly just something - the time between contract killing and curse. About a year or so, my colleague bragged some of the troubles he did and I asked him "Well, how much do you want to sell your soul?" . He thought for a while - these 20 things without philosophy or theology - "I will not sell it, if there is a demon who wants my soul, I may have a soul Who is very angry? "This is common sense. Faust is wise intelligently but very ridiculous.

Faust is the "Renaissance's best prototype". However, R.M. According to Dawkins, Dr. Faustas was "a Renaissance man who had to pay for the medieval cost." Dr. Faustas is neither a strict medieval nor a complete renaissance but a theater in a place where the values ​​of medieval and renaissance are different. After Dr. Faustas gained medical knowledge, the excellent scenes at the beginning of the drama, religion, and astronomy became increasingly dissatisfied with the limits of this traditional knowledge.

Most of Mahlow's theater is the Renaissance man who pursued power and knowledge. For example, Malta's Jewish Barabbas, Tambourine's Tambourine, Dr. Faustas's Faustas. Over the years, Malovia scholars have compared the views of Dr. Fostus. It has been claimed that "Craving for demonic art and hunting" is "to obey Christian doctrines" and it is a story of a medieval man who was condemned. Dr. Douglas Core said Dr. Fostas "is a perfect Christian concept, Faust himself is responsible for his fall, because he deliberately violates the religious boundary through crime, without repenting to an eternal curse I will face it. " It is a medieval legitimate value, unlike the Middle Ages, in the Renaissance personal achievement, pursuit of knowledge and personal ambition are new values.