Dr faustus critics

quote about faustus paying the price for his new wauys of thinking

(Dawkings)
“a renaissance man who payed the medieval price for being one”

quote which shows how faustus wants to become a god

(bloom)
“Faustus wants to reach a certain level of greatness and to assume godhood”

quote about how austus isnt a simple morality play but rather a handbook of hedonism.

(Rasmussen and de jong)

the play does not present a “straightforward, moralstic condemneation of sin”

and is instead a

“perverse exploration of the value of sensual pleasure and instant gratification”

quote about the morality

(rasmussen and de jong)
“ ambiguoius attitude towareds religion, morality and evil”

sin as bad?

(rasmussen and de jong)
“the cost of sin is always higher than its potential benefits”

quote about how dr faustus reflects the modern iworld in which poeple trade integrity or commodities

wealth and knowledge are “the objects for which we trade our own integrity:” (billington)

quote which shows how all of marlowes creatoins show characters which overreach

(levin)
“all of marlowes major characters are wilfully and aggressively competitive”

quote which shows how faustus desires reflect his age

( cox)
“fausts’ desires fit the spirit of the elizabethan age, the goals of wealth, honour, and omnipotence”