FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
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Christopher Marlow
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William Shakespeare
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Philip Sidney
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The Earl of Oxford
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Detailed explanation-1: -Doctor Faustus, in full The Tragicall History of D. Faustus, tragedy in five acts by Christopher Marlowe, published in 1604 but first performed a decade or so earlier.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust, that was first performed sometime between 1588 and Marlowe’s death in 1593.
Detailed explanation-3: -Written sometime between 1588 and 1592, but first published in 1604, the play was extremely controversial at the time, as it explores the paths human beings can take when they allow the devil into their lives.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sin, Redemption, and Damnation In making a pact with Lucifer, Faustus commits what is in a sense the ultimate sin: not only does he disobey God, but he consciously and even eagerly renounces obedience to him, choosing instead to swear allegiance to the devil.
Detailed explanation-5: -The first tragedian worthy of the tradition of the Greeks was Christopher Marlowe. Of Marlowe’s tragedies, Tamburlaine (1587), Doctor Faustus (c. 1588), The Jew of Malta (1589), and Edward II (c. 1593), the first two are the most famous and most significant.