Dr Faustus 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureDr. FaustusASWJEC Created by: Anna LindsayCreated on: 17-05-17 15:05 Santayana This excellent Faustus is damned by by accident or predestination. 1 of 21 Mebane Neither Morality nor un ambiveient celebration of reinasonce humanism dramatize the conflict between two irreconcilable systems of values 2 of 21 Levin His quest for knowledge leads him to taste the fruit tree that shaded Adam and Eve 3 of 21 Maxwell Faustus is Everyman and his sin a re-enactment of the sin of Adam 4 of 21 Brooke Marlowes attention is to a greater matter; to a moral and not merely individual tradergy. 5 of 21 Davis He over reaches himself his ambitions for rich reward and power. 6 of 21 Morality Plays They traditionally end when the main character was offered a last chance to repent. However Marlowe goes against this by ensuring that Faustus 7 of 21 Helen Was presented as a contemporary character was achieved in the 1967 film adaptation when the star Elizabeth Taylor was cast as Helen. 8 of 21 Faustus A sound Magician is a mighty god. 9 of 21 Faustus. What art thou Faustus but a man condemned to die 10 of 21 Ian Mortime Said the status of Catholics has changed in Elizabethan England. 11 of 21 Macbeth Macbeth is a voices a despairing philosophy bitterly describing life as "a tale told by an idiot" 12 of 21 Elizabethan audience. Suicide was seen as an unforgivable deed from Gods view. 13 of 21 Despair The sin of despair refers to losing ones faith in god 14 of 21 Pathos An effect where the writer creates a sense of pity for the protagonist. 15 of 21 Hubris Extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about his downfall. 16 of 21 Hamartia Is a personal error in a protagonist's personality that brings about his tragic downfall in a tragedy. 17 of 21 Catharsis A Greek word and it means cleansing. In literature it is used for the cleansing of emotions of the characters. 18 of 21 Catastrophe An event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster. 19 of 21 Empathy When you pity a character as you have been in a similar situation yourself. 20 of 21 Peripeteia The turning point in a drama after which the plot moves steadily to the plays ending. 21 of 21
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