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Doctor Faustus
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Doctor Faustus
by:
Christopher Marlowe
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Prologue
Scene 1
Scenes 2–4
Scenes 5–6
Chorus 2–Scene 8
Chorus 3–Scene 9
Scenes 10–11
Chorus 4–Epilogue
Characters
Character List
Faustus
Mephastophilis
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Quotes By Theme
Sin versus Redemption
Medieval versus Renaissance
Power and Ambition
Free Will versus Fate
Dark Magic
Quotes By Section
Prologue–Act I, Scene 2
Act I, Scene 3–Act II, Scene 1
Act II, Scenes 2–3
Act III, Chorus–Scene 2
Act III, Scene 3–Act IV, Scene 2
Act IV, Scenes 3–4
Act IV, Scenes 5–7
Act V, Scenes 1–2
Act V, Scene 3–Chorus
Quotes By Character
Faustus
Mephostophilis
Good Angel and Bad Angel
Chorus
Lucifer
Further Study
Context
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Section Quizzes
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Prologue
Scene 1
Scenes 2–4
Scenes 5–6
Chorus 2–Scene 8
Chorus 3–Scene 9
Scenes 10–11
Chorus 4–Epilogue
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
How to Cite This SparkNote
Table of Contents
Scene 1 Quiz
Further study
Scene 1 Quiz
1
of 5
Which area of scholarship does Faustus not discuss in his soliloquy?
Law
Divinity
Medicine
Geology
2
of 5
Who visits Faustus while he is waiting for his friends to arrive?
Lucifer
Two angels
Valdes and Cornelius
Faustus’s mother
3
of 5
What does the Good Angel encourage Faustus to read?
The Scriptures
A long poem
The Koran
Milton’s Paradise Lost
4
of 5
Over which country does Faustus imagine himself as King?
Prussia
Italy
Germany
England
5
of 5
Who lists several texts to help Faustus study magic?
The Evil Angel
Valdes
Cornelius
Lucifer
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CHARACTERS
Character List
CHARACTERS
Faustus: Character Analysis
QUOTES
Quotes by Theme
MAIN IDEAS
Themes
FURTHER STUDY
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