Doctor Faustus

Grade 845 minutesUnderstand character development using authors word choice

Learning Objective

I can analyze how Marlowe's language makes Faustus seem both powerful and conflicted.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Describe Faustus's initial feelings towards medicine, law, and theology as presented in the video. What words or phrases suggest his level of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with these fields?

2. Identify two specific desires that motivate Faustus's decision to pursue magic, according to the video.

3. Explain how the contrasting advice of the Good Angel and the Evil Angel reveals Faustus's internal conflict.

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Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe | Act 1, Scene 1

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