In "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus," Christopher Marlowe explores the profound themes of ambition, knowledge, and the human condition through the tragic tale of Dr. Faustus, a scholar who sacrifices his soul for worldly power and knowledge. Written in blank verse, Marlowe's dramatic style captures the Renaissance tension between medieval morality and the burgeoning humanist ideals of the time. This play is imbued with allegorical elements and rich symbolism, illustrating the consequences of hubris in an age where the pursuit of knowledge was both revered and feared. Faustus's ultimate struggle serves as a cautionary tale reflecting the anxieties of an era on the brink of extraordinary intellectual growth. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was a contemporary of William Shakespeare and a pioneer in early English drama. His life, marked by intrigue and mystery, mirrors the complexities of human ambition depicted in his works. Scholars suggest that Marlowe's own experiences with the ambitious and often tumultuous Elizabethan society, which valued academic prowess yet punished moral transgressions, heavily influenced his portrayal of Faustus and the pact he makes with the devil. "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus" remains an essential read for those interested in the interplay of ambition and despair, and the ethical dilemmas of knowledge. This timeless tragedy invites readers to ponder the limits of human ambition, making it a thought-provoking addition to any literary collection.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus : From the Quarto of 1616
100 Meisterwerke der englischen Literatur - Klassiker, die man kennen muss
George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Katherine Mansfield, H.P. Lovecraft, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Burns, John Milton, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Geoffrey Chaucer, Laurence Sterne, Henry Fielding, Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Herman Melville, Thomas Wolfe, Virginia Woolf, Joseph Conrad, Sinclair Lewis, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Jerome K Jerome, Washington Irving, Bram Stoker, H.G. Wells, Daniel Defoe, Lew Wallace, James Fenimore Cooper, Jonathan Swift, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Lewis Carrol, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack London, Henry David Thoreau, G.K. Chesterton, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, Margaret Mitchell, Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, James Joyce, John Galsworthy, Francis Hodgson Burnett, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Rudyard Kipling
bookDie großen Dramen der Geschichte: Meisterwerke der Bühne : Der eingebildete Kranke, Der Revisor, Drei Schwestern, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo und Juliette, Ein Puppenheim, Medea
William Shakespeare, Euripides, Anton Tschechow, Jean Baptiste Molière, Nikolai Gogol, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Pierre Corneille, Henrik Ibsen, Oskar Wilde, Christopher Marlowe, Aischylos, - Sophokles, - Aristophanes, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron
bookDie besten Dramen aller Zeiten : Der eingebildete Kranke, Der Revisor, Drei Schwestern, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo und Juliette, Ein Puppenheim
Anton Tschechow, William Shakespeare, Jean Baptiste Molière, Nikolai Gogol, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Pierre Corneille, Henrik Ibsen, Oskar Wilde, Christopher Marlowe, Aischylos, - Sophokles, Euripides, - Aristophanes
bookDie größten Klassiker der englischen Literatur: Dramen : Doktor Faustus, König Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo und Juliette, Salome, Die Bedeutung des Ernstseins
Lord Byron, Oskar Wilde, William Shakespeare, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Christopher Marlowe
bookDie größten Dramen der Weltliteratur : Der eingebildete Kranke, Der Revisor, Drei Schwestern, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo und Juliette, Ein Puppenheim, Antigone, Maria Stuart
Anton Tschechow, William Shakespeare, Nikolai Gogol, Aischylos, - Sophokles, Euripides, - Aristophanes, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Jean Baptiste Molière, Pierre Corneille, Henrik Ibsen, Oskar Wilde, Christopher Marlowe
bookDie besten Tragödien von Marlowe: Doktor Faustus + Eduard II. : Dramatische Spannung und moralische Dilemmata: Klassiker der elisabethanischen Tragödie
Christopher Marlowe
bookEdward II
Christopher Marlowe
bookDie besten Tragödien von Marlowe: Doktor Faustus + Eduard II.
Christopher Marlowe
bookDie größten Klassiker der englischen Literatur: Dramen : Die Bedeutung des Ernstseins, Doktor Faustus, König Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo und Juliette
William Shakespeare, Oskar Wilde, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Christopher Marlowe
bookDie besten Historiendramen : Don Karlos, Wallenstein, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, Maria Tudor, Lucretia Borgia, Julius Cäsar, Antonius und Cleopatra, Richard III.
Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare, Friedrich Schiller, Oskar Wilde, Christopher Marlowe, Lord Byron, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Heinrich von Kleist, - Sophokles, Aischylos
bookDie größten englischen Theaterstücke : Doktor Faustus, König Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo und Juliette, Die Bedeutung des Ernstseins
William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Christopher Marlowe, Oscar Wilde
bookDie größten historischen Dramen : Agamemnon, Don Karlos, Wallenstein, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, Maria Tudor, Lucretia Borgia, Julius Cäsar, Antonius und Cleopatra, Richard III.
William Shakespeare, Friedrich Schiller, Oskar Wilde, Victor Hugo, Christopher Marlowe, Lord Byron, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Heinrich von Kleist, - Sophokles, Aischylos
book