Doctor faustus

• Introduction:-

      Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day.

              The picture given below signifies that Evil powers got what they want. Lucifer is standing at the middle of the stage and his wings are wide open as if he won the battle over a superpower and if we relate it with god, he actually won the battle over Gods powers. Dr.Faustus died and now he will perpetually burn in fires of hell. As Mephistopheles said; earlier in the play that, Lucifer wants to enlarge his army of souls. so now Dr.Faustus is dead and now his soul is under the rule of Lucifer , the expression on his face are mixed of satisfaction and victory.

       

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This image about the Greek mythological characters. The father Deadalus and his son Icarus. They were in prison. Icarus wanted to fly so his father made waxen wings. But he strictly warned him to not to go beyond limit because these wings made with wax. If he will fly near the sun it will melted and may fall down. But when they were flying Icarus didn't listen to his father's warning and reached at the sun and his wings melted and fall down. So we can compare Dr.Faustus' life with this image. Dr.Faustus wants to become more knowledgable person. So he chooses a wrong path for knowing about knowledge. Lust for knowledge is good but the way is wrong. He cross all the limitations and invites his fall. according to me Dr.Faustus is responsibal for his own fall.

As i explained above this picture is also related with the mythology of Daedalus and Icarus. The picture signifies the fall of Icarus from sky and the name of the picture is "Landscape with The Fall of Icarus ".  Thescene in this picture is when Icarus fell down in the sea and was drowning (at the bottom right corner in the picture). It is believed that the shepherd who is looking in the sky is Looking at Daedalus and thinking that god is coming to them. this is the interpretation of the picture named "Landscape with The Fall of Icarus " by - Pieter Bruegel.

Conclusion:-

By the end of the quest you will be able to understand and evaluate Faustus and the context of his trade with the devil. We can now decide if his self fashioning ideals were completely left to fate and written in the stars as he eludes to towards the end of the play, or if Faustus knowingly chose to damn himself for the worldly pleasure of wielding black magic on earth. By references the tragic heroes of past times and expressing his knowledge as superior, can Faustus really escape his consequences of eternal death, even with while knowing that he could have saved himself at any time by repenting? Or is he just a man who self fashioned based on the tragedies of past heroic figures? Marlowe has presented you with a play that may have you wavering on feelings towards Faustus but by diving into his perspective can we say that he is all bad?