Summary: Extensively researched, photocopiable material that can be used as the basis of delivering lessons, for student research and preparation, for follow-up homework, or as cover work in the case of teacher absence. Includes a free CD with the text of the pack and additional resources.
Table of Contents: ContextsMarlowe’s birthplace: CanterburyLife and works of Christopher MarloweThe theatreThe RenaissanceRenaissance magicChronologyThe Faust legendThe play on stageCritical historyMarlowe’s languageActivitiesFaustus: ‘This learned man’Mephistopheles: ‘sweet friend’ or ‘accursed spirit’?The supporting castTheme I: Magic and the supernaturalTheme II: Warning or celebration?Imagery and symbolismThe seven deadly sins‘One bare hour’The ChorusComedy‘Tragicall History’Gothic elementsDramatic responsesAudience reactionsSignificant differences in the B textFaustus on filmAssessment focusSpecifications and Assessment ObjectivesEssay questionsSample questions with notesResourcesScene summaries and notesCharacter notesUseful quotationsGlossaryLiterary terms and conceptsSelected literary criticismExtracts from Marlowe’s writingsArchaic vocabulary in Doctor FaustusFurther study‘Living hell’ by Peter Cash‘The strange ambiguity of Christopher Marlowe and Dr Faustus’ by Glyn Austen‘Dr Faustus and the language of power’ by Huw InglesCD-ROM contentsPDFs of text of packHyperlinked Further study resourcesImages‘Damnation and death in Macbeth & Doctor Faustus’ by Gillian Sharpe, The English Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, November 1997
About the Author(s): Anne Crow has taught A-level English Literature for more than 30 years, and is an examiner for a major exam board. She has written resource packs on Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby, and she writes regularly for The English Review.
