Doctor Faustus and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)

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Doctor Faustus is probably Marlowe's best known play, but I actually prefer Edward II. For me, Edward II is the masterful culmination of Marlowe's ... (show more)

Doctor Faustus is probably Marlowe's best known play, but I actually prefer Edward II. For me, Edward II is the masterful culmination of Marlowe's obsession with outsiders. Edward is presented as a weak king dominated by his male lovers, and unable to assert his authority against rebellious nobles. But in his very patheticness, Edward ultimately obtains an existential fulfillment. One important thing to note is that the plot and situation of Edward II are virtually identical to Shakespeare's Richard II, which was written in response to Marlowe's play.
I haven't read The Jew of Malta, but the Tamburlaine plays are, critically speaking, throw away plays. There isn't much conflict to them, they are simply the story of a man who claims he's going to achieve greatness and then does. (show less)

 

 

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No, it's a flop!

I know I've read this...but I'm having trouble remembering what it was about, so it must have not impressed me much.

 

 

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  to the guy who said faustus doesnt hold up to modern times, stop wastin ur time and put urself out of ur misery, i dont know where to begin correcting u, but using words like plethora doesnt make ur literary(if they can be so called) "opinions" actually become something

  also to the plethora of people who rate Marlowe in relation to the quality of shakespeare either being as good or better are so far of the mark they make me go thru a plethora of emotions ranging from laughter, to... (show more)

  to the guy who said faustus doesnt hold up to modern times, stop wastin ur time and put urself out of ur misery, i dont know where to begin correcting u, but using words like plethora doesnt make ur literary(if they can be so called) "opinions" actually become something

  also to the plethora of people who rate Marlowe in relation to the quality of shakespeare either being as good or better are so far of the mark they make me go thru a plethora of emotions ranging from laughter, to sickness, back to laughter again, then to sadness, and then to an even more morbid and destructive form of sadness which i guess brings me full circle to what i am saying here and what initiated this

  so a review of the reviews more than anything (show less)

   

   

  by Facebook User on Nov 12, 2008 at 04:51PM

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  Stunning - the final scene where the clock counts down to midnight is one of the most frighteningly poignant in all of literature.

   

   

  by Anonymous User on Mar 31, 2008 at 06:02PM

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