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ssanceEl
ementI
nDr
.Faust
us

DR.
FAUSTUSBYCRI STOPHERMar loweBasedont heGer manlegendFaust.I
tws
wri
tt
eninear
ly1590sinEngl
and.Itwasgreatpubl
ishedast het
ragical
l
yhist
oryof
Doct
orFaust
us.Thenitaschangedtothetr
agical
l
yhi st
orythel
ifeanddeathof
Doct
orFaust
us.

Renai ssancemeansRe- bi
rthorre-
awakni
ng.Renai
ssanceorigi
natedinItal
yi nt
he
13thcent ury.Constantinople,t
hecapit
alofByzanti
neempiresfellt
otheTur kson
1353. Thisistakenast heof fi
cial
dateoft
hebeginningofRenaissance.But,i
t
requiredmor ethan100y earstoEros’
stheengli
shcannelandmakesi tispresence
establishedinenglishsoi l
.Themosti mport
antthi
ngintheRenaissanceiscr avi
ng
for‘knowl edgeinfi
nit
e’.

HOW I SDR. FAUSTUSASARENAI SSANCEPLAY?DrFaust usofMar l

owi sratheran
embodi mentoft hespiritofRenai
ssancewithitsdreamsanddesi r
es,withit
sy eari
ng
forli
mitlessknowledgeandpower ,wi
thi
tscrav i
ngforsensuousnessandmundane
pleasuresofl i
fennotjustacunni ngmagici
anoft hemedievalageincludi
nginhi s
mi r
aculousf eat
s.Mar lowFaustushasar evoluti
onaryspi
ri
tandthatwhyhe
chall
engesgod, r
eli
gion,conventi
onalmoral
ityanddogmasofmedi evalChri
stiani
ty.

RenaissanceEl
ementi nDR.Faustus.Yearni
ngf orknowledgeint
ell
ectual
cur
iosi
ty,
lov
eofbeaut
y,weal
thandexpl
orat
ion di
sregardfortheaut
hori
tyofthe
Pope.

YEARNINGFORKNOWLEDGE.Themosti mport
antdesi
reDr.Faust
usi
sthathehas
unequal
ledthi
rstforknowledge.Inthebegni
ngofthepl
ayorFaustusconsi
dersthe
i
mpor t
anceofv ari
oussubjects.Theconsi
derst
heimportanceofmanysubject
slike
l
ogic,medici
ne,law,andrheology.

Examples:
O,whataworldofprof
itanddel
ight
,Ofpower,
ofhonour,
ofomnipotence,
I
spromisedtot
hestudi
ousarti
san!All
thi
ngsthatmovebetweent
hequietpol
es
Shal
lbeatmycommand.

INTELLECTUALCURI OSITY.Therewasani nt
ell
ectualcuri
osit
yduringthe
Renai
ssance.TheRenaissancewasat i
meofdiscoveryandcuriosi
ty.I
topeneda
newworldofimaginati
on.InDr.Faustus,Mar
lowhasexpr essedsuchi deas,when
Faust
ussay,"O,Whatawor ldofprofi
tanddeli
ghtofpower ,ofhonour,of
omnipot
ence,isprov
idedtothestudiesarr
ogant!All
thingsthatmov ebetweenthe
qui
tepolesshall
beatmycommand" .

WEALTHANDEXPLORATION.Dr
.Faustusdesi
redweal
thaf
terhisagreementwi
th
t
hedevi
cehewoul
dhavespi
ri
tsathiscommandt odowhateverheli
ked.

LOVEANDBEAUTY.Besideshavi
ngl
oveofknowl
edge,
power
,wor
ldpl
easur
esDr
.
Faust
ushast
heRenai
ssancelov
eofbeaut
y.

DISREGARDFORTHEAUTHORI YOFTHEPOPE.Dur i
ngtheRenaissanceperi
odmany
peoplequest
ionedt
heaut
hori
tyofthechur
chandthePope.Dr.Faustusnotonl
y
di
sregardedt
hePopeandtheBishops,
whenhestayedi
nPope’ splace.
Conclusion.Aftergoingthroughal
ltheelementsofRenai
ssanceinDoct
orsFaust
us
wecancl ear
lyconcludedthatDoctoreFaustusi
saRenaissanceher
o.However,
ther
ear ef ewanti-r
enaissancescenespresenti
nDoctorsFaust
us.