Doctor Faustus
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Prologue Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Chorus 2 Scene 7 Scene 8 Chorus 3 Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Chorus 4 Scene 12 Scene 13 Epilogue
Themes
All Themes Temptation, Sin, and Redemption The Bargain The Renaissance Individual Fate vs. Free Will Education, Knowledge, and Power
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Doctor Faustus Mephastophilis Wagner Lucifer Chorus Good Angel and Evil Angel Robin Horse-courser The Pope A Knight at Charles' Court Three Scholars Helen of Troy
Symbols
All Symbols The Good and Evil Angels Blood The Seven Deadly Sins
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dramatic Irony Foreshadowing Genre Irony Mood Oxymorons Paradox Parody Personification Setting Situational Irony Soliloquy Style
Quizzes
All Quizzes Prologue Quiz Scene 1 Quiz Scene 2 Quiz Scene 3 Quiz Scene 4 Quiz Scene 5 Quiz Scene 6 Quiz Chorus 2 Quiz Scene 7 Quiz Scene 8 Quiz Chorus 3 Quiz Scene 9 Quiz Scene 10 Quiz Scene 11 Quiz Chorus 4 Quiz Scene 12 Quiz Scene 13 Quiz Epilogue Quiz
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Doctor Faustus

by

Christopher Marlowe

Doctor Faustus Study Guide

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