Dr. Faustus : Movie Review and Thinking Activity

Here is my answer on Dr Fustus' s thinking activity:

1)  The play director by Matthew Dunster for Globe theatre ends with this scene ( see the image of Lucifer). What does it signify?

  Lucifer is the prince of devils, the rural of  hell and Mephastophilis' s master. This image through we find that the devil Lucifer became more powerful than the god. This image through we can say that time is changed not god always win but now time devil also have great Voice and became ruler on world. God has not provided all knowledge that's why Dr.Fauatus call devil Lucifer,and Lucifer gave every power that Faustus wants. Two big wings showed his vitality and greatness.
In the last scene Lucifer satisfied for Faustus's soul that through he increase his empire.He feels happy in last moment in the play , he wait for this moment from last four and twenty years.That year Lucifer provide everything than that passion and work get success. So, that is the real happiness of Lucifer showed in this image.

2) Is God present in the play? If yes where and how? If no why?

    No, In this play we not find that God  because If god is there  than Faustus's life never end with tregic  and cruelty. As we say that God is Very kind," if we make any crime and then repent for this crime then god forgive us." But in this play Faustus repent a lot in the last , god not forgive him. In the whole play we not find that God's presence.  God is also left out of the action of the drama, because the actions and evil doing  of  Faustus and the demons involved are not under  the direct influence of God as make or designer. Even Faustus's mind also not presence of God. So I think in this play we not find that God's presence.

3)  What  reading and interpretation can be given to this image with  reference to central theme of the play Dr. Faustus ?

    This image is about Daedalus and son Icarus , Icarus is  the son of  the master craftsman Daedalus , the creator of the labyrinth. Icarus and his father attempt to escape from Crete by the wings, his  father constructed from features and wax. Icarus's father warns him Frist of complacency and then of  hubris asking  that  he fly neither too law and nor too high, so the sea's dampness  would not clog his wings and nor sun's heat melt them. Icarus ignored his father's instructions not to fly to close to  the son. When the wax in his wings melted he trumbled out of the sky and felt into the sea when he drowned sparking the idioms  " don't fly too  close to the  sun".
   
      This tragic theme we find in this play Dr. Faustus,the main character Faustus who wants to know everything ,get knowledge of every field. When people want more and more that can be anything then that is bad thing. And we bring our end ourselfe. His more covetousness  to get knowledge became bad for him.

4) How do you interpret this printing ? 

     This printing by Piter Bruegel. In which we see that beautiful landscape and fine sea, but in which merely people  saw the downfall of one man in the sea. That showed the Myth of Icarus . That we see in parifary not in central like  question 3 , image shows fall in central.Here important thing is which we look at the image , which way we connect the things.

  Here we connect the image with Dr. Faustus's fall down.when great man fall down badly then that is effect on entire society.

5)  Read this article  by  Bhagat Singh. In  light of the argument  made  by  Bhagat Singh  in  this article. Can you  re- write last monologue of  Dr. Faustus?


  When we campare  last monologue's Faustus with the great freedom fighter Bhagatsingh , then we find that totally different and contrast with one another. In last monologue Faustus  totally down in his pride. In early play Faustus  not remember god at  one time, but in the last we see that  Faustus many time pray to God and also said to natural element  " save me". If we imagine Bhagatsingh in last monologue of the Dr. Faustus then we not feel catharsis like we feel in Faustus, because Bhagatsingh was  not repent like  Faustus. He was happy with his deeds wether it is bad or good. If Bhagatsingh in situation of Faustus then he not called god and natural elements to save him. He don't feel repent at all like Faustus . He was ready for anything.

6) Summaries articles  discussed in the class.

•      Marlowe and God: tragic theology of Dr. faustus

       This article written by  Robert Ornstein.In this  article ornatein discuss about Marlowe's great play Dr. Faustus. In which we find that  Marlowe's and Elizabethan many drama is different one . In Dr Faustus markedly superior only in the representation as portrayed in the 1604 quarto 1616 quarto adds only  the Faustbook, sure instinct for dramatic design , narrative failing. He discussed Tamburlaine' s dying acens fury. He also talked about Marlowe's writing style in Dr. Faustus and other work. Marlowe's free thinking is  evident in almost all of his art.

• Myth psychology and Marlowe's Dr. Faustus

 In this essay is written by Kenneth L. Golden. In the opening we find that Harry Levin in The  overreacher is correct in comparing Marlowe to Goethe.
    According to Jung , the death of meaning in the mythic symbols of Christianity was beginning  during the Renaissance, Reformation period , the ageof Dr. Faustus. In this article we find that many dialogue from play Dr. Faustus like" I think hell's a fable".And also one another  concept is like myth and psychology ,in which one thing is
       This word" damantion" terrifies  not 
        me,
         For I confound hell in Elysium.
         My ghost be will the old philosopher!
  The play's clear emphasis of  the presence of these confused attitudes indicates their importance to the Faustian psychology. So this article we get the idea that which way myth is used by Marlowe.