History & The Arts
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
...becomes sinful and provokes divine punishment. The Prologue tells us, in short, that the play's protagonist lives in a Christian universe that places limits on the pursuit of knowledge...Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus: 2.1.2 Faustus's first speech - The Chorus now introduces Faustus, who delivers his first speech of the play. The way the speech is staged and written...