Luis Vargas
Ms. Peifer
English 10 IB
February 10-2012
In the play Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe their is a important role for the chorus. The chorus in Greek plays were usually provided background information for the viewers or reader in a play. In Greek plays the chorus mostly sang, while singing the chorus usually over reacted and over spoke about information that needed to distributed to the viewer. The chorus has the role to comment on the theme that is happening during the play and to provide and establish the plot or background information.The function of the chorus is Doctor Faustus is to say what the major characters cant say.
In the begging of Doctor Faustus, Doctor Faustus is being described by the chorus. “ He surfeits upon cursed necromancy. Nothing so sweet as magic is to him Which he prefers before his chiefest bliss- And this is the man that in his study sits” (Marlowe1.1.24-260). Describing Doctor Faustus at the begging of the play is a good example of the role of the chorus; by providing background information for the reader. When Marlowe uses the chorus is demonstrates that the sate of Marlowe’s dramatic skill to write poems within the chorus.
Today modern movie producers use flashbacks to provide the same information. Flashbacks are more easy to understand in modern movies instead of using a chorus. A flashback in a movie can distribute information that he or she does not know. Using a chorus in common day movies would effect how the viewer perspective view. Many people would not accept the idea of using the chorus in common day movies, it would have a dramatic affect.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Knowledge
Luis Vargas
Ms.Peifer
English 10 IB
February 12-2011
In the play Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe knowledge is the most important thing for Doctor Faustus. Doctor Faustus wants to more then he already does. Doctor Faustus believes that he that will gain more knowledge through dark magic. Knowledge is the ability to learn something through the experience of life. Knowledge comes from the experience of doing things. The knowledge someone gain may be used for variety of things; it could be used for good and evil. Doctor Faustus first intended to use his knowledge for good, but through out the book he used it for unnecessary things. A example of a unnecessary thing Faustus did with his knowledge is when he tricked the Horse courser that he had pulled off Faustus’s leg “ O help help! The villain hath murdered me!”( Marlowe 4.5.43.). In this line we see that Faustus had used his knowledge of dark magic to trick the horse courser
Knowledge is something that is out their to waiting to be found by someone, but the only way to obtain it is by creating it ourself. Doctor Faustus knew that their was more knowledge out their that could obtained, but the only way to obtain , a good comparison to this is the way that money is obtained. Their is plenty of money out their but the only way to obtain it is by working hard. Doctor Faustus did this at first but then he wanted to obtain more knowledge by using dark magic; this could be the same as robbing a bank to obtain money which is against the law.
The curiosity to learn something new establishes and motivates research in a person. The ethical questions arise when a person has mastered everything and their curiosity awakes the ethical question. Faustus had already mastered everything but his curiosity was the one the made the ethical question arise. He can see the ethical question arises when he is questioning himself when saying “ The end of physic is our body’s health. Why Faustus hast thou not attained that end? Are not thy bills hung up as monuments whereby whole cities have escaped the plague And thousand desperate maladies been cured?” ( Marlowe 1.1.16-20).
The dark magic Faustus uses in the book can connect to the issues like splitting atoms to genetic cloning since it is curiosity and knowledge mixed together. People may used the genetic cloning for good reasoning other may used it for evil, which is the same as using the powers of dark magic. This is the relationship between them.
Ms.Peifer
English 10 IB
February 12-2011
In the play Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe knowledge is the most important thing for Doctor Faustus. Doctor Faustus wants to more then he already does. Doctor Faustus believes that he that will gain more knowledge through dark magic. Knowledge is the ability to learn something through the experience of life. Knowledge comes from the experience of doing things. The knowledge someone gain may be used for variety of things; it could be used for good and evil. Doctor Faustus first intended to use his knowledge for good, but through out the book he used it for unnecessary things. A example of a unnecessary thing Faustus did with his knowledge is when he tricked the Horse courser that he had pulled off Faustus’s leg “ O help help! The villain hath murdered me!”( Marlowe 4.5.43.). In this line we see that Faustus had used his knowledge of dark magic to trick the horse courser
Knowledge is something that is out their to waiting to be found by someone, but the only way to obtain it is by creating it ourself. Doctor Faustus knew that their was more knowledge out their that could obtained, but the only way to obtain , a good comparison to this is the way that money is obtained. Their is plenty of money out their but the only way to obtain it is by working hard. Doctor Faustus did this at first but then he wanted to obtain more knowledge by using dark magic; this could be the same as robbing a bank to obtain money which is against the law.
The curiosity to learn something new establishes and motivates research in a person. The ethical questions arise when a person has mastered everything and their curiosity awakes the ethical question. Faustus had already mastered everything but his curiosity was the one the made the ethical question arise. He can see the ethical question arises when he is questioning himself when saying “ The end of physic is our body’s health. Why Faustus hast thou not attained that end? Are not thy bills hung up as monuments whereby whole cities have escaped the plague And thousand desperate maladies been cured?” ( Marlowe 1.1.16-20).
The dark magic Faustus uses in the book can connect to the issues like splitting atoms to genetic cloning since it is curiosity and knowledge mixed together. People may used the genetic cloning for good reasoning other may used it for evil, which is the same as using the powers of dark magic. This is the relationship between them.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The victim who sold his soul
Luis Vargas
Ms.Peifer
English 10 IB
February 3 2011
Is Faustus a villain or victim?
In the play Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus wants to know everything he can in the universe. He decides to sell his soul to the devil to gain all the knowledge that is possible in the universe.
Doctor Faustus believes that he will actually learn everything through the dark magic’s but he becomes a victim of his own decision. Dr. Faustus becomes a victim because since he actually never accomplishes or learns mores then he already does. Doctor Faustus sells his soul to the devil just to learn more about the beyond. He becomes a victim since the devil does not answer his questions at all. When Doctor Faustus tried to ask questions that have been unanswered, he gets a response that he could of gotten if he just read his scriptures like the good angel told him mentioned, “O Faustus, lay the damned book aside And gaze not on it lest it tempt they soul And heap God’s heavy wrath upon thy head! Read, read the scripture that is blasphemy” (Marlowe 1.1.6.67-70). The good angel had warned him that it was better to read the scriptures then to sell his soul to the devil, the good angel knew he would become another victim of those who sell their soul to the devil. When doctor Faustus realizes that he is not gaining more knowledge then he already he has he feels as if he had been robbed since he sold his soul to the devil. This can be proves that he has become a victim of his own decision when Faustus says “O thou bewitching fiend,’ twas thy temptation Hath robbed me of eternal happiness (Marlowe 5.2.78.95-99). This quote explains how doctor Faustus feels robbed and he has become another victim of those who sell their soul to the devil to obtain power, but do not accomplished more than what is had accomplished. Faustus only lost his lost soul and the glory of heaven when he sold his soul to the devil.
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