The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

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Elizabethan drama play tragedy

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is Christopher Marlowe’s renowned Elizabethan tragedy about a scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power.

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Doctor Faustus 4
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus 2
Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elizabethan drama ⓘ
play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
antagonist Lucifer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mephistopheles NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Christopher Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme Faustian bargain ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
damnation ⓘ
pride ⓘ
sin and repentance ⓘ
the limits of human knowledge ⓘ
characterRole Doctor Faustus is a scholar who makes a pact with the devil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mephistopheles is a demon who serves Faustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticDevice chorus ⓘ
comic scenes ⓘ
soliloquies ⓘ
form verse drama ⓘ
genre morality play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
opera adaptations ⓘ
various stage adaptations ⓘ
influencedBy medieval morality plays ⓘ
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ
literarySignificance major work of the English Renaissance theatre ⓘ
one of Christopher Marlowe’s most famous plays ⓘ
mainCharacter Doctor Faustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Evil Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Good Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucifer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mephistopheles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ
moralLesson seeking power at the cost of one’s soul leads to eternal damnation ⓘ
notableFeature depiction of demons and hell ⓘ
use of blank verse ⓘ
originalLanguage Early Modern English ⓘ
plotSummary A scholar sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power and is ultimately damned. ⓘ
protagonist Doctor Faustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext Christian theology ⓘ
Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Wittenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
various locations in Europe ⓘ
sourceMaterial German Faustbuch tradition ⓘ
structure five acts ⓘ

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Christopher Marlowe → notableWork → The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
Edward Alleyn → performedRole → The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus (opera) → basedOn → The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doctor Faustus (play)
Doctor Faustus (opera) → basedOn → The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus (radio and stage adaptations) → basedOn → The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus (radio and stage adaptations) → mainCharacter → The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faustus
Doctor Faustus (radio and stage adaptations) → hasCharacterFrom → The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doctor Faustus
Kit Harington → theatreWork → The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doctor Faustus
Historia von D. Johann Fausten → influenced → The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
Historia von D. Johann Fausten → influenced → The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus