Doctor faustus Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

A 20-page, 8000-word full quotation bank that covers Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus' in its entirety. Organised by AO2 (textual analysis) and relevant AO3 (Context). Alive to critical discourse beyond A-Level -- eg humanism, stagecraft, Calvinist predestination, moral philosophy. This was crucial to helping me achieve 60/60 in the Drama paper in the June 2022 exam (and ultimately 299/300 in English Literature). I now study English at the University of Cambridge.

Summary of key and interesting quotes from scenes in Doctor Faustus, with explanations, analysis, and context provided.

24/25 (highest mark) in English Coursework/NEA comparing ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ and ‘The Tragic History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus’ (‘Doctor Faustus’). This 2800 word essay contains high-level university-style analysis which received huge praise. I have analysed the whole texts from various angles, including historical, religious context; structure and countless critics throughout. See for yourself the in-depth analysis throughout! **please do not copy - you wil...

Themes of Renaissance period rebirth of classicism, humanism, rationalism, scientific expansion, university system, individualism, self-fashioning rebirth of classicism During the Renaissance, there was a rebirth of classical ideals, mainly humanism, rationalism, and balance, Humanism (Renaissance) an optimistic attitude that praises human abilities to be successful in their endeavors Rationalism emphasis on reason over senses in gain knowledge Individualism what...

Anglo Saxon Poetry - ANSWER-Caedmon's "Hymn", The Dream of the Rood, Beowulf, Judith, The Wanderer, The Wife's Lament Geoffrey Chaucer - ANSWER-The Canterbury Tales Sir Thomas Malory - ANSWER-Morte Darthur Sir Thomas More - ANSWER-Utopia William Tyndale - ANSWER-Created the first English translation of the Bible Edmund Spenser - ANSWER-The Faerie Queen, Amoretti, Epithalamion Sir Walter Ralegh - ANSWER-The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd "But could youth last and love st...

Praxis 5038 - Historical Periods & Authors, Works Already Graded A Ancient World Literature Homer Aristotle Plato Medieval & Early Modern World Literature Dante "Inferno" Martin Luther "Speech at the Diet" Machiavelli "The Prince" Old English Period (450-1066) Beowulf "The Wanderer" Middle English Period () Chaucer "Canterbury Tales" "The Cuckoo Song" The Renaissance - British () Shakespeare "Hamlet" "Macbeth" Milton "Paradise Lost" Carew "An Elegy upon the Death of the D...

An A-Level essay from an A* student responding to the statement: ‘Mephastophilis is a more complex character than the typical stock demon'.

An A-Level essay from an A* student responding to the statement: 'Faustus never fully understands his punishment in the play'

An A-Level essay from an A* student responding to the statement: 'The forces of evil are funny rather than frightening'