Dr Faustus creative response
Creative Response
English 205
Dear Mr. Marlowe,
I just read your play, “Doctor Faustus”. I really enjoyed your work. I thought it was a very interesting plot. In addition, your characters were exciting and entertaining. I am sure this play involving the devil and demons had much criticism in your time. How did the audience react when they first watched this play? Also, what made you decide to write about these things? My favorite character in the play was Mephastophilis. He seems to be a “good” demon. Even though he is damned to hell, he seems to have a softer side. He is constantly warning Faustus of the miseries of hell. I had two interpretations of Mephastophilis. One being that he truly was a good demon and his forewarnings are honest. The other idea was that you were expressing how pure evil can be very falsehearted and Mephastophilis is actually just like any other demon. Was it hard to find actors willing to play the role of these demons? In the play mephastophilis quoted, “nor this is hell, nor am I out of it” when he was talking to Faustus. This made me question whether you were comparing hell to earth.
Faustus and Mephastophilis seemed to be very similar people in this story. They both had very distinct good and bad sides. I imagined Mephastophilis being very similar to Faustus when he was a human. Throughout the story he warns Faustus of the miseries of hell that he endures. Faustus ignores him and is very stubborn. Could the reason for mephastophilis’ kindness towards Faustus be because he sees himself in Faustus and doesn’t want to see the same fate for him?
Besides these two main characters you included many others. The good and evil angels were very symbolic. It reminded me of the shoulder angels used in animation, with an angel on one shoulder and a demon on the other. In addition, you used Lucifer as one of your characters. How did the audience react when they were first introduced to this? I also enjoyed the other smaller roles in
English 205
Dear Mr. Marlowe,
I just read your play, “Doctor Faustus”. I really enjoyed your work. I thought it was a very interesting plot. In addition, your characters were exciting and entertaining. I am sure this play involving the devil and demons had much criticism in your time. How did the audience react when they first watched this play? Also, what made you decide to write about these things? My favorite character in the play was Mephastophilis. He seems to be a “good” demon. Even though he is damned to hell, he seems to have a softer side. He is constantly warning Faustus of the miseries of hell. I had two interpretations of Mephastophilis. One being that he truly was a good demon and his forewarnings are honest. The other idea was that you were expressing how pure evil can be very falsehearted and Mephastophilis is actually just like any other demon. Was it hard to find actors willing to play the role of these demons? In the play mephastophilis quoted, “nor this is hell, nor am I out of it” when he was talking to Faustus. This made me question whether you were comparing hell to earth.
Faustus and Mephastophilis seemed to be very similar people in this story. They both had very distinct good and bad sides. I imagined Mephastophilis being very similar to Faustus when he was a human. Throughout the story he warns Faustus of the miseries of hell that he endures. Faustus ignores him and is very stubborn. Could the reason for mephastophilis’ kindness towards Faustus be because he sees himself in Faustus and doesn’t want to see the same fate for him?
Besides these two main characters you included many others. The good and evil angels were very symbolic. It reminded me of the shoulder angels used in animation, with an angel on one shoulder and a demon on the other. In addition, you used Lucifer as one of your characters. How did the audience react when they were first introduced to this? I also enjoyed the other smaller roles in