History & The Arts
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
...l. 8). Then he tells us about Faustus's childhood, specifically that although he was born to ‘parents base of stock’ (l. 12), he went on when he was older to study divinity at the University of Wittenberg, where his intellectual brilliance led swiftly to his being awarded a doctorate. In line 20, the tone of the speech seems to change, as the Chorus speaks of...