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Notes 11.6 Review Questions

1. Give a detailed analysis of plot in Doctor Faustus.
2. Quist for knowledge is an important theme used in Doctor Faustus. Explain.
3. What are the main themes used in Doctor Faustus?
4. Write short notes on the following in context of Doctor Faustus:
(a) Conflict between good and evil
(b) Pride and sin
(c) Valuing knowledge over wisdom.
5. Explain the following in context of Doctor Faustus play:
(a) Flesh and spirit (b) Quist for Power (c) Tragic Hero

6. Illustrate that salvation through power is an important motif in Doctor Faustus
play.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c)
4. earth 5. German scholar 6. curses
7. Act V 8. True 9. True
10. True 11. (a) 12. (b)
13. (c) 14. good 15. greed
16. wisdom 17. power 18. True
19. False 20. True

11.7 Further Readings

Farnham, Willard. 1969. Twentieth-Century Interpretations of Doctor Faustus. Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice- Hall.
Tydeman, William. 1984. Doctor Faustus : Text and Performance. Macmillan, Basingstoke,
England.

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