DR FAUSTUS CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE We must now perform

BACKGROUND ¡ ¡ RENAISSANCE DRAMA WRITTEN BY A CONTEMPORARY OF SHAKESPEARE BASED ON TRADITIONAL

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE ¡ ¡ ¡ TRAINED FOR THE CLERGY BUT NEVER BECAME A CLERGYMAN

THE RENAISSANCE EMERGENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL ¡ BIRTH OF LITERATURE AS A PROFESSION ¡

WHAT IS TRAGEDY? ¡ SERIES OF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A PERSON OF

ARISTOTLE’S POETICS AND THEORY OF TRAGEDY TO AROUSE EMOTIONS OF PITY AND FEAR WHICH

THE TRAGIC HERO 1. 2. 3. MAN OF DIGNITY, POSTION POSSESSES A TRAGIC FLAW

PLOT STRUCTURE CLIMAX RISING ACTION EXPOSITION FALLING ACTION CATASTROPHE

PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY THE CHORUS (A SINGLE ACTOR IN THIS CASE) ¡ FAUSTUS’ BACKGROUND

ACT I FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE FAUSTUS HAS MASTERED ¡ WHY HAS HE REJECTED THEM?

ACT II FAUSTUS’ CONTRACT WITH THE DEVIL ¡ DEFINITION OF HELL ¡ APPEARANCE OF

ACT III FAUSTUS’ ACTIVITIES ¡ FAUSTUS’ PRACTICAL JOKES ¡ BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE ¡

ACT IV FAUSTUS’ FAME ¡ BENVOLIO, MARTINO, & FREDERICK ¡ FAUSTUS’ TRICKS ON HORSECOURSER,

ACT V FAUSTUS’ FINAL REQUEST ¡ FAUSTUS’ PLEAS ¡ WHAT IS THE FINAL OUTCOME?

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DR. FAUSTUS CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE “. . . We must now perform The form of Faustus’ fortunes, good or bad” I. 1. 7 -8

BACKGROUND ¡ ¡ RENAISSANCE DRAMA WRITTEN BY A CONTEMPORARY OF SHAKESPEARE BASED ON TRADITIONAL FAUST LEGEND (MAN SELLS HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL IN RETURN FOR WISH FULFILLMENT) DEALS WITH THE POWERS OF GOOD AND EVIL BIBLICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL ALLUSIONS

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE ¡ ¡ ¡ TRAINED FOR THE CLERGY BUT NEVER BECAME A CLERGYMAN WROTE 7 PLAYS AND SOME POETRY DIED IN A QUARREL OVER A TAVERN BILL 1 ST TO USE BLANK VERSE (UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER) USED THE RUN-ON LINE TO CONTINUE THOUGHT FROM ONE LINE TO THE NEXT FREQUENT USE OF CLASSICAL ALLUSIONS

THE RENAISSANCE EMERGENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL ¡ BIRTH OF LITERATURE AS A PROFESSION ¡ “MIDDLE AGES MINUS GOD” ¡

WHAT IS TRAGEDY? ¡ SERIES OF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A PERSON OF SIGNIFICANCE, ENDING IN UNHAPPY CATASTROPHE, THE WHOLE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND SERIOUSNESS

ARISTOTLE’S POETICS AND THEORY OF TRAGEDY TO AROUSE EMOTIONS OF PITY AND FEAR WHICH PRODUCE A CATHARSIS IN THE AUDIENCE ¡ TO IMITATE THE ACTIONS OF MEN ¡ CONFLICT BETWEEN PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST ¡ PROTAGONIST’S ACTIONS DICTATED BY HIS TRAGIC FLAW (HAMARTIA) ¡ PLOT: “THE TYING AND UNTYING OF A KNOT” ¡

THE TRAGIC HERO 1. 2. 3. MAN OF DIGNITY, POSTION POSSESSES A TRAGIC FLAW (HAMARTIA) DIES WITH DIGNITY; HIS DEATH EVOKES PITY

PLOT STRUCTURE CLIMAX RISING ACTION EXPOSITION FALLING ACTION CATASTROPHE

PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY THE CHORUS (A SINGLE ACTOR IN THIS CASE) ¡ FAUSTUS’ BACKGROUND ¡ FAUSTUS DISSATISFIED WITH HIS STUDIES AND HAS A DESIRE FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE ¡

ACT I FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE FAUSTUS HAS MASTERED ¡ WHY HAS HE REJECTED THEM? ¡ WHO ENCOURAGES HIM TO STUDY NECROMANCY? ¡ GOOD ANGEL / BAD ANGEL ¡ LUCIFER ¡ MEPHOSTOPHILIS ¡ STORY OF THE FALL ¡ FAUSTUS’ PLAN ¡ COMIC RELIEF ¡

ACT II FAUSTUS’ CONTRACT WITH THE DEVIL ¡ DEFINITION OF HELL ¡ APPEARANCE OF 7 DEADLY SINS ¡

ACT III FAUSTUS’ ACTIVITIES ¡ FAUSTUS’ PRACTICAL JOKES ¡ BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE ¡ ROBIN & DICK --- COMIC RELIEF ¡ CLIMAX? ¡

ACT IV FAUSTUS’ FAME ¡ BENVOLIO, MARTINO, & FREDERICK ¡ FAUSTUS’ TRICKS ON HORSECOURSER, CARTER ¡

ACT V FAUSTUS’ FINAL REQUEST ¡ FAUSTUS’ PLEAS ¡ WHAT IS THE FINAL OUTCOME? ¡