FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DRFAUSTUS BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
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German scholar
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French scholar
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Spanish scholar
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Greek scholar
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Detailed explanation-1: -Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus tells the story of one of the most famous deals with the devil in Western literature. Faustus, a German scholar filled with boredom and ambition, trades his soul for 24 years of unrestricted knowledge and magical abilities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Valdes and Cornelius Two German scholars who are versed in the practice of magic and who teach Faustus about the art of conjuring.
Detailed explanation-3: -Faustus is a brilliant sixteenth-century scholar from Wittenberg, Germany, whose ambition for knowledge, wealth, and worldly might makes him willing to pay the ultimate price-his soul-to Lucifer in exchange for supernatural powers.
Detailed explanation-4: -The German emperor, Charles V, has heard of Faustus and invited him to his palace, where we next encounter him.
Detailed explanation-5: -Faust, also called Faustus or Doctor Faustus, hero of one of the most durable legends in Western folklore and literature, the story of a German necromancer or astrologer who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power.