Doctor Faustus Critics Quotes 4.5 / 5 based on 4 ratings ? English LiteratureDr. FaustusA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: Former MemberCreated on: 10-06-15 16:04 Arnold Schmidt "Most people have wanted something so badly that, in moments of desperation, they imagined they would do anything to have it" 1 of 10 R.M Dawkins Faustus is "a Renaissance man who had to pay the medieval price for being one" 2 of 10 Harold Bloom Faustus wants to reach a certain level of greatness and "to assume Godhead". 3 of 10 Lizzie Davis "struggle between the two sides of Doctor Faustus, the controlled intellectual side giving way... to the indulgent sensual" 4 of 10 Harry Levin "his quest for knowledge leads him to taste the fruit of the tree that shaded Adam and Eve, to savour the distinction between good and evil" 5 of 10 Thomas McAlindon "the image of the angry God is an attack on the unforgiving harshness of contemporary Christian theology" 6 of 10 Hippolayte Taine "Faustus is wholly engrossed in the present" 7 of 10 Richard Wagner "Faustus is anything but a hero" 8 of 10 Pluto. (He believed if the 'art' does not teach morality and ethics then it is damaging to the audience.) "...what artists do...is hold the mirror up to nature" 9 of 10 Aristole Theory of the 'fatal flaw'. the tragic hero should have a flaw and/or make some mistake. 10 of 10
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