Doctor Faustus Critic Quotations

What is a critical quotation that demonstrates Faustus’ hubris?

‘He sees no inconsistency in aiming to be a god and requiring human assistance in the project’

-Roma Gill

What is a critical quotation that links both Enron and Faustus together?

‘He is also enchanted by the mathematical properties of incantation’

-Roma Gill

What is a critical assessment that depicts Doctor Faustus to be based of off Marlowe himself?

‘Marlowe surely noticed that Doctor Faustus came from a humble background, took his university degrees at a place remarkably similar to Cambridge, scoffed at religion yet aspired to aid the Protestants in war’

-David Riggs

What is a critical interpretation of Faustus’ character?

‘Odious moral reputation’

-David Riggs

What is a critical response to Doctor Faustus?

‘An enigma, a pitiful mixture of brilliance and vice’

-David Riggs

What is a critical quotation that ridicules the depiction of religion within Doctor Faustus?

‘All men in Christianity ought to endeavour that the mouth of so dangerous a member may be stopped’

-David Riggs

What is a critical evaluation of Doctor Faustus?

‘Marlowe’s play challenged the limits of acceptable public behaviour’

-David Riggs

What is a critical quotation that explores Marlowe’s life?

‘Cited for disturbing the peace […] and public atheism’

-David Riggs

What is a critical quotation about Marlowe that could explain the homosexual relationship between Faustus and Mephistopheles?

‘A proselytizing atheist, a counterfeiter and a consumer of boys and tobacco’

-Richard Baines

What is a critical quotation of Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus that explores how the play was written?

‘Marlowe’s masterpiece not only had the satisfying contours of a moral tale; it also gave a conservative twist to the reports of his atheism’

-David Riggs

What is a critical interpretation of Marlowe’s identification with Doctor Faustus?

‘As an intellectual, Marlowe identified with his protagonist; as a Christian, he repudiated him.’

-Davis Riggs

What year was Doctor Faustus written?

1592