![]() ![]() The plot itself, however, is not Marlowe's own: the story existed in a German work, the Faustbuch from 1587 Marlowe's play has been called of this tradition. ![]() The Dr Faustus we encounter in Marlowe's play is a Renaissance scholar with the ambition of Icarus ('His waxen wings did mount above his reach'). Modern yet medieval, contentious yet conservative, tragic hero or tyrannical villain: both play and protagonist of Christopher Marlowe's infamous Doctor Faustus present the audience with a maze of contradictions which have divided critics since its first performance. It helps us see how Marlowe's creation of a tragic Faustus makes a big difference to the moral character of the story. Although it contains many of the key elements, it approaches its central character in a very different way. In this essay undergraduate Lizzie Davis looks at the story behind Marlowe's play. ![]()
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