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Works of Christopher Marlowe: Tragical History Of Doctor Faustus: Act I
From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Marlowe, Christopher
Marlowe, Christopher
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Tragical History Of Doctor Faustus: Act I
Act I: Prologue
The Chorus opens the play acting as prologue by giving a narrative of
Faustus's birth life, and present condition as a scholar surfeiting on "cursed
necromancy." Necromancy means conjuring or summoning up spirits of the dead
for the purposes of magic, and it is associated with what we today would call
"black magic." In the prologue the Chorus introduces us to Faustus's greatness
by telling us that his chief pursuit is learning and that Faustus is different
from the heroes commonly met in ...
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