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Doctor Faustus
(1588) Doctor Faustus is a tragedy in blank verse and prose that was produced in 1588. It presents the dramatisation of the medieval German legend about a learned man who sells his soul to the devil. Doctor Faustus once acknowledged by everybody as a great learned man, one day becomes tired of treating the endless numerous diseases. He is told by his servant, Wagner, about the art of magicians, which appealed to the desperate doctor and, he utters: Couldst thou make men live eternally Oh, being dead, raise them to life again, Then this profession were to be esteemed. Physic, farewell… …Divinity, adieu! These metaphysics of magicians And necromantic books are heavenly: Aye, these are those that Faustus most desires. O what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honour, of omnipotence, If promised to the studious artisan! All things that move between the quiet poles Shal be at my command. Emperrors and kings Are but obey in their several provinces, Nor can they raise the wind or rend the clouds… …A sound magician is a demigod Here tire my brains to gain deity! (Scene 1) Being overwhelmed by this desire he makes a contract with Mephistopheles to serve him for twenty five years. Faustus sells his soul to the devil in exchange for all the knowledge of the world, that might help him, as he thought, become all mighty. Before selling his sole to devil Faustus is visited by a good angel an by an old man who repeatedly tell him about the dangerous path that he is on, but in vain. Doctor Faustus seeks knowledge and learning not for the mere study of nature, or for helping his patients but for gaining power over the world. But the events took another course, different from what he planned. He meets a beautiful woman, and suddenly feels the void in his heart which deprives him of love. He wanted to have this feelings back but it is impossible. This brought him to Mephistopheles to break the contract but it turned out to be irreversible. The evil 38 38 does not change his plan. Faustus regrets that he has made the contract and discloses his secret to everybody. He states: But Faustus offence can never be pardoned; The serpent that tempted Eve may be saved, but not Faustus. Ay, gentlemen, hear me with patience, ant tremble not at my speeches. Though my heart pats and quivers to remember that I have been a student here these thirty years. And what wonders I have done all Germany can witness, yea all the world, for which Faustus hath lost both Germany and the world, yea heaven itself – heaven the seat of god, the throne of the blessed, the kingdom of joy, and must remain in hell forever… the portion of the text comes in prose to reflect the sadness of the situation Dr. Faustus put himself into. Faustus understands how grave the sin he has commited is and does not admit that he can be forgiven. He dies wretched, morally and physically. The play finishes with a moral, making an invitation to all learned men not “To practice more than heavenly power permits” Christopher Marlowe wrote several poems. One of them is “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love”. Download 0.73 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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