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By 2022级赵泽林 6天前 7次浏览

What is the significance of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" in the development of English tragedy?

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  • 郭志伟 6天前

     

    1. The "Tragic Overreacher": It introduced the archetype of the Renaissance tragic hero—an individual of great intellect and ambition (like Faustus) who dares to transcend human limitations. His downfall stems from his own hubris and overreaching ambition, moving tragedy away from fate-driven plots to ones centered on character flaw and internal conflict.

    2. Psychological Depth: The play delves deeply into Faustus's internal struggle, his agonizing between ambition and repentance. This focus on a character's spiritual and psychological state was a major innovation, paving the way for the complex inner lives of later tragic heroes, most notably Shakespeare's.

    3. Moral Complexity: While framed as a moral warning against sin and pride, the play also generates awe for Faustus's boundless aspirations ("His waxen wings did mount above his reach"). This ambivalence—condemning the sin while admiring the ambition—added a new layer of intellectual and moral complexity to the genre.

    4. Elevation of Language and "Mighty Line": Marlowe perfected blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter), endowing it with power, eloquence, and grandeur—his famous "mighty line." This elevated the poetic and dramatic power of English tragedy, providing the medium that Shakespeare would later master.

    5. Structural Innovation: It combined high tragedy with crude comic scenes (e.g., the antics of Faustus's servants). While often criticized, this blend of genres was innovative and reflected the popular taste of the time, influencing the structure of Elizabethan drama.

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