A 3 page paper. Marlowe wrote Doctor Faustus sometimes between 1588 and 1592. This paper identifies the major themes in the play along with the possible additions by other writers. The wrwiter considers what absolute power did to Faustus and what it can do to persons in our society. The writer also comments on what legitimizes our own achievements. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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citation methods listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates.?? DOCTOR FAUSTUS Enterprises,
Inc. , September 2010 properly! Ambition and the quest for knowledge is a good thing. The quest
for knowledge is an especially admirable trait in any person. What spoils it is the quest for power if the power is going to be used for evil instead of
good. Faustus was not as interested in gaining legitimate knowledge as he was interested in having magical powers. His Doctor Faustus was based on the stories of Johann Faust who
allegedly sold his soul to the devil to gain magical powers. Faust was a scholar and a magician. Faust was said to have lived from 1488 to 1541. Christopher
Marlowe wrote his version of Doctor Faustus sometime between 1588 and 1592. It was performed on the London sage a couple of dozen times between 1594 and 1597 (eNotes). It
was officially entered into the Londons Stationers Register in 1601. However, there are notes in the register that report two other writers adding to or modifying Marlowes original stage play.
Two versions of the play were published by different publishers in 1604 and 1609 (eNotes). The Doctor Faustus by Marlowe that is usually printed today typically combine parts of all
versions of Doctor Faustus so we do not really have a copy of the original that Marlowe actually wrote. It has been recorded that the audiences in the 1600s were
sometimes so terrified they actually through the devil had appeared on stage (eNotes). Since this was a very religious era, it is possible that the entire theme of selling ones
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