Dr. Faustus


Written by Christopher Marlowe
Directed by Matthew Dunster

This was the 1st production of Doctor Faustus at the Globe.

Sir Dilip Barad has given an online task to perform after screening of the play..

Tasks:

1) The play directed by Matthew Dunster for Globe theatre ends with this scene (see the image of Lucifer). What does it signify?


last Scene: Lucifer with wide wings

* It deals with the last hour of faustus's life when he is caught alone in his study waiting for the devils to come and take his soul to hell. Sach a loneliness may be a cross reference used by Marlowe to underlines that man is alone infront of DEATH. Faustus having nothing but his absolute knowledge gained through his sinful deal with the devil,is desperately alone..In the end Evil wins and it shows his victory.

2) Is God present in the play? If yes, where and how? If No, why?

*Yes,God has presented in the play from the 1st scene to last scene.

Faustus's conversations with the Old Man indicate a clear understanding and portrayal of Christ as the emissary of a merciful, forgiving God. Further, Faustus's last speech portrays God clearly...

This play is based more on superstition and man's thinking, than it is on GOD's reality.

3) What reading and interpretation can be given to this image (see the image of Daedalus and Icarus) with reference to central theme of the play Dr. Faustus?


Father Daedalus and Son Icarus

* Does man have a choice about whether or not he will reach heaven? Or is the fate of his soul decided from the get-go, with him powerless to change it? At first, it seems like Doctor Faustusis clearly in the latter camp. Our good-turned-bad doctor thinks he's damned no matter what he does. But as the play goes on, Faustus wavers, wondering if he still has time to repent, and if his sin is forgivable. The play never comes down on one or the other side of the debate, sometimes portraying Faustus's fall as his own choice, at other times letting him off the hook. In the end though, it just might be a little bit of both. Faustus's fall has been caused by his choice to believe that he's damned. That causes him to refuse to repent, and refusing to repent is the one sin that's truly unforgiveable.


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