Question

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Explain how Marlowe creates meaning by associating Dr. Faustus’s magic with low humor. What are his intentions in doing so?
Your answer should be at least 150 words.

Answer 1

In this story written by Marlowe, a man wants to acquire magical powers so he sells his soul to the devil and gets them, the man is named Dr. Faustus.

The association made by the author between magic and low humor can have different interpretations however, it has some widely accepted meanings, for example:

• It is believed that this relation was a way to create a subversive vibe in this text, questioning some of the standard beliefs of those times, the taste of people for plays was pretty much just drama, so he added comedy to this dramatic playing order to question this.
• To make emphasis in the conflict between reality and fiction, in the question of what a person is able to do and our limitations, by making it funny it also makes this duality easier to digest for the audience

Answer 2

One comic scene is that with the stallion courser while Faustus and Mephistophilis are at the Emperor's court. The dispatch needs to purchase Faustus' stallion for its awesome frame and manufacture. This, obviously, is the mysterious steed and appropriately, in the wake of consenting to pitch it to the cousier, Faustus cautions him not to ride the steed into the water.