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Dr Faustus

Dr Faustus. Dualities. Conflicts. Dr Faustus is a play which explores and portrays the conflict of everyman. These conflicts are explored through a series of dualities represented through characters and themes .

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Dr Faustus

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  1. Dr Faustus Dualities

  2. Conflicts • Dr Faustus is a play which explores and portrays the conflict of everyman. These conflicts are explored through a series of dualities represented through characters and themes. • The play was written and performed during a time of unrest and political and religious change.

  3. The soul • The Elizabethans viewed the soul from two theological standpoints. • Manichean – Dualism • Augustine - Unitary

  4. Manichean • Dualism • Good and evil spirits combine in the soul, both need to be identified. Evil can never be fully eradicated as this makes no existential sense. • Good and evil are not involved in a struggle – but in a balance. • Spiritual world of light • Material world of darkness

  5. Augustine • Unitary • Rejects evil as an entity as its presence thus implies that God is has the potential to be evil. • Life is measured in the distance away from evil and the move towards goodness.

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