DOCTOR FAUSTUS context Flashcards
Who was the radical professor at Wittenberg University?
Martin Luther
What did Martin Luther do?
Nailed a thesis to the door, whichc critqued the corruption of the Catholic church for buying indulgances
What was the renaissance?
The rebirth - an era of intellectual discovery
Who was Faustus inspired by?
Dr John Dee - Elizabeth I court astronomer who resigned to pursue the knowledge of the supernatural
What characterises morality plays?
Good and evil angels
Satanic __
panic
Who wrote demonolgie?
James I
What agenda was reflected throughout the play?
An anti-catholic agenda
What were the two branches of Catholocism?
Lutherism and Calvanism
What did Calavanists beleive?
That a persons fate was predetermined regardless of their actions on earth
What did Lutherists beleive?
That a persons fate was determined by their actions on earth
What couldv’e influenced the classical references throughout the play?
Marlowe attending a grammer school
Why does Marlow mock the pope and the catholic church?
Viewed them as greedy and gluttonous for selling indulgences
What was seen as a very serious sin by Christians?
Suicide
What did Thomas Kid say about Marlowe?
‘he called christ a Bastard’
Define carnvial-esque
Destruction of the social order
Who was the radical italion phiospher that said the earth was not the centre of the universe?
Galalio
What other famous play did Marlowe write?
Tamburlaine
How was Tamburlaine similier?
The protagonist is also an over-reacher and overly-ambitious
