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Doctor Faustus Contents

  • Introduction
  • Timeline
  • Images
  • Author(s)
    • Marlowe, Christopher
      • Canterbury, family background and King's School
      • Marlowe and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
      • Marlowe in London: the working playwright
      • New contacts and 'the School of Night'
      • Fighting, blaspheming and spying: 1590-93
      • Marlowe's death in Deptford, 30 May 1593
  • The context of Doctor Faustus
    • The Faust figure in European culture
    • Social / political context Show more
      • The Catholic heritage
        • More on the power of the Church
      • The Tudor monarchy
      • The grounds for divorce
        • More on the role of cardinals
      • Separating from the Catholic Church
      • Protestant versus Catholic
      • The situation in Marlowe's day
    • Religious / philosophical context Show more
      • The Renaissance
      • The Reformation
        • More on Protestant views
    • The theatrical context Show more
      • Mystery and morality plays
      • Permanent theatres
      • Design of theatres
  • Doctor Faustus - Synopses and commentary
    • The texts of Doctor Faustus
    • Prologue: Chorus one Show more
      • More on magic and miracles
    • Scene one Show more
      • More on explaining ideas for the audience
    • Scene two
    • Scene three Show more
      • More on Lucifer and Satan
    • Scene four
    • Scene five Show more
      • More on angels and demons
    • Chorus two
    • Scene six
    • Scene six, version B
    • Scene seven
    • Scene seven, version B
    • Scene eight
    • Scene eight, version B
    • Chorus three Show more
      • More on the Holy Roman Empire and Charles V
    • Scene nine Show more
      • More on the Holy Roman Empire and Charles V
      • More on the imagery of time passing
    • Scene nine, version B
    • Scene ten
    • Scene eleven
    • Chorus four
    • Scene twelve Show more
      • More on the significance of blood
    • Scene thirteen Show more
      • More on the significance of blood
    • Epilogue
  • Structure of Doctor Faustus
    • Structure by act and scene
    • The role of the chorus
    • Structure by time
    • Structure by theme and imagery
    • Faustus' journey
  • Characterisation in Doctor Faustus
    • Characters: individual and representative
    • Faustus
    • Mephastophilis
    • Valdes and Cornelius and the Three Scholars
    • Good and Evil Angels and the Old Man
    • Pope, Emperor, the Duke and Duchess, and their courts
    • Wagner
    • Comic characters: Robin, Rafe and Vintner
  • The themes of Doctor Faustus
    • The handling of themes in Doctor Faustus
    • Political and social themes
    • Religious and theological themes
    • Human and psychological themes
  • Imagery and symbolism in Doctor Faustus
    • Patterns of imagery and play
    • Flight and falling
    • Appetite
    • Universal and cosmic
    • Power
    • Blood: damnation and grace
    • Helen: transcendence and immortality
    • Imagery in the final scene
  • Critical approaches to Doctor Faustus
    • The contemporary critical reception of Doctor Faustus
    • The Romantics and Doctor Faustus
    • Critical approaches: the last hundred years
    • Analysing a passage
  • Doctor Faustus: approaching essays and exams
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    • Sample questions on Doctor Faustus
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Doctor Faustus Images

Prometheus Pope Julius II Henry VII Cardinal Wolsey Thomas Cranmer Anne Boleyn Edward VI Elizabeth I Chained Bible John Wycliffe 1500s indulgence The New Globe Theatre Photo by Tohma available through Creative Commons Calliope Daedulus and Icarus Aristotle 1595 World Map Alessandro Farnese Franciscan Friar Apollo St Peter's Square, Rome Tonsure Triple Crown Emperor Frederick II Statue of Charlemagne photo by Lokilech available through Creative Commons Goblet by Roger Rossing available through Creative Commons Cuckold Helen of Troy Achilles in the River Styx Adam und Eva Apollo with laurel crown, photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen available through Creative Commons Title page Mephistopheles by Mark Antokolsky available through Creative Commons Last Judgment Scholar Angels Old Man by Peter Paul Rubens available through Creative Commons Pope Pope Peter Elizabethan clown dancing a jig The Chariot of Phaethon. photo by Laurom available through Creative Commons Helen of Troy Walter Scott Homer Cuckold Thief on the Cross Statue of Charlemagne photo by Lokilech available through Creative Commons
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Prometheus
Pope Julius II
Henry VII
Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas Cranmer
Anne Boleyn
Edward VI
Elizabeth I
Chained Bible
John Wycliffe
1500s indulgence
The New Globe Theatre
Photo by Tohma available through Creative Commons
Calliope
Daedulus and Icarus
Aristotle
1595 World Map
Alessandro Farnese
Franciscan Friar
Apollo
St Peter's Square, Rome
Tonsure
Triple Crown
Emperor Frederick II
Statue of Charlemagne photo by Lokilech available through Creative Commons
Goblet by Roger Rossing available through Creative Commons
Cuckold
Helen of Troy
Achilles in the River Styx
Adam und Eva
Apollo with laurel crown, photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen available through Creative Commons
Title page
Mephistopheles by Mark Antokolsky available through Creative Commons
Last Judgment
Scholar
Angels
Old Man by Peter Paul Rubens available through Creative Commons
Pope
Pope Peter
Elizabethan clown dancing a jig
The Chariot of Phaethon. photo by Laurom available through Creative Commons
Helen of Troy
Walter Scott
Homer
Cuckold
Thief on the Cross
Statue of Charlemagne photo by Lokilech available through Creative Commons