Critic Quotes Flashcards
(5 cards)
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Duxford on his peripeteia
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‘Faustus is doomed to failure by the persistently ambivalent world in which he exists’
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Maxwell on Faustus’ humanity
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‘Faustus is everyman, and his sin is the re-enactment of the sin of Adam, pride’
3
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Pincombe on Faustus’ knowledge
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‘For all of Faustus’ learning, he is still a dilettante when it comes to wisdom’
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