Dr. Faustus

Interesting that our discussion from last class about some lines in Everyman translate perfectly into part of Dr. Faustus. BID mentions that this play was written just before the death of Marlowe, and it certainly seems like the playwright had death in his sights. I particulalrly liked Evan's last comment, "I do not think this play was intended for entertainment, and I also believe its goal was to do nothing but scare and teach" because I too agree with him. I could not find a deeper meaning or moral that the play was attempting to teach or make example of, and nor could I find how this play was in the least bit entertaining. If an attempt was made to somehow exploit an area of the German university system/education, or the church's function, or the good vs evil parity of magic, or the hierachal fuedal system,  I could not find it. Then again, this was a tough, long, read, and I could hardly wait to get done and begin studying for Christine's accounting test. A last note was that I found it interesting how both Beelzebub and Lucifer are used in the same play. From previous classics courses I have been told that they are the same person - the "devil" - so it was hard for me think of them as different people. I should look into the use of those names as some outside research.