The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Full searchable text: Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Introductory Material
Introduction to Drama as Literature + Intro to Marlowe & the Faustian Bargain
AP Guiding Questions Dr.Faustus
Critic Roland Barthes has said “Literature is the question minus the answer.” Choose a novel or play and, considering Barthes’ observation, write an essay in which you analyze a central question the work raises and the extent to which it offers any answers. Explain how the author’s treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
From a novel or play choose a character (not necessarily the protagonist) whose mind is pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling forces and explain how this conflict within one character illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole.
Suggested Themes
Vocabulary
Doctor Faustus Vocabulary & Allusions Study Sheet
Assignments
Doctor Faustus LRJ Prompts #1-4 Passage Analyses (DOC)
eWorksheet for "The Sources of Doctor Faustus" (DOC)
eWorksheet for "To the Naked and the Nude" (DOC)
eWorksheet for Othello (DOC)
Faustian Bargain One-Act Play -- Collaborative team project
AP Open-Questions prompts for Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus Essay Revision Evaluation Form
Recommended
Study Questions by Act and Scene (Effinger)
Dramatis Personae -- Who's Who in the Play (Effinger)
"The Murder of Christopher Marlowe" (Aiuto)
Dr. Faustus Unit Exam Study Sheet (PDF)Christopher Marlowe Resources
Christopher Marlowe (Illuminarium)
The Marlowe Society of England (MSE)Faust & Faustian Bargain Resources
Collection of Faustian Legends (University of Pittsburgh)
The Damnation of Faust -- Opera by Berlioz (Cal Tech)
Faustus Allusions and Influences -- annotated by Act and Scene (Stage & Screen)Elizabethan Era Resources
The Elizabethan Era
16th Century English Renaissance Literature (Illuminarium)
Elizabethan Theaters
Full searchable text: Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Introductory Material
Introduction to Drama as Literature + Intro to Marlowe & the Faustian Bargain
AP Guiding Questions Dr.Faustus
Critic Roland Barthes has said “Literature is the question minus the answer.” Choose a novel or play and, considering Barthes’ observation, write an essay in which you analyze a central question the work raises and the extent to which it offers any answers. Explain how the author’s treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
From a novel or play choose a character (not necessarily the protagonist) whose mind is pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling forces and explain how this conflict within one character illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole.
Suggested Themes
Vocabulary
Doctor Faustus Vocabulary & Allusions Study Sheet
Assignments
Doctor Faustus LRJ Prompts #1-4 Passage Analyses (DOC)
eWorksheet for "The Sources of Doctor Faustus" (DOC)
eWorksheet for "To the Naked and the Nude" (DOC)
eWorksheet for Othello (DOC)
Faustian Bargain One-Act Play -- Collaborative team project
AP Open-Questions prompts for Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus Essay Revision Evaluation Form
Recommended
Study Questions by Act and Scene (Effinger)
Dramatis Personae -- Who's Who in the Play (Effinger)
"The Murder of Christopher Marlowe" (Aiuto)
Dr. Faustus Unit Exam Study Sheet (PDF)Christopher Marlowe Resources
Christopher Marlowe (Illuminarium)
The Marlowe Society of England (MSE)Faust & Faustian Bargain Resources
Collection of Faustian Legends (University of Pittsburgh)
The Damnation of Faust -- Opera by Berlioz (Cal Tech)
Faustus Allusions and Influences -- annotated by Act and Scene (Stage & Screen)Elizabethan Era Resources
The Elizabethan Era
16th Century English Renaissance Literature (Illuminarium)
Elizabethan Theaters
Student Examples
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