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`DR. FAUSTUS' LACKS THE STYLE NEEDED TO OVERCOME DEVILISH OBSTACLES

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20020828
Author:Ryan McKittrick, Globe Correspondent

Christopher Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus" borrows its characterizations and structure from the morality plays that flourished in England until the mid-16th century. The personified seven deadly sins, the good and evil angels that hover over Faustus's shoulders, and the chronicle of a journey toward redemption or damnation are drawn from the traditions of medieval English drama.

Morality plays, however, tended to make sharp distinctions between good and evil, and Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus" resists such black-and- white contrasts. Throughout the script and especially in the final, ambiguous choral ...

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