BOOK REVIEW:The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

The accompanying picture is taken from a gallery in London,the etching was made by Rembrandt.

Rating:Excellent.


Well this play and its plot are so famous that even the people who haven't read the book know that "Dr. Faustus sold his soul to the Devil(Lucifer) for earthly pleasures.

Well the play makes a wonderful reading.It has a bit of humour,greed,ambition and tragdy.
The humourous parts are really good but a few things in homour are similar to 'A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakesphere'.
The confusing part of the book is that you dont know which is the original text,the A-Text or the B-Text because usually both are given these days.I prefer the B-Text for it is a bit fuller,by fuller i mean a bit longer and a bit more satisfying.

Well coming to the plot-
It is the story of Dr. John Faustus,a doctor of philosophy who was supposed to be among the best at his time.But like most of us,he was goin through a troubled part of his life when he starts reading books on Black Magic and Soscery.
He then sells his soul to the Devil through Mephestophilis,who is the agent of Lucifer.At one poit of the play,Lucifer himself visits Faustus.
Faustus,for selling his soul gets all pleasures and Mephestophilis,to follow all his orders.
Sometimes Faustus has realisations of his folly, but whenever he wants to repent, either Mephestophilis or his greed donot let him do it.
But the best part of the play is the last scene where Faustus' time is over and he is about to die.
The feelings and expressions that Marlowe uses,make you cry out.
All in all A VERY SATISFYING BOOK.
EVEN BETTER THAN ALL OF SHAKESPHERE'S PLAYS.