Doctor Faustus, a man with uncommon potentialities who sells his soul to the devil in exchange of power and knowledge, is unarguably a medieval tragic hero of Marlow’s dramatic masterpiece ‘ The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus ’ popularly known as ‘ Doctor Faustus’ . The play starts, like classic tragedy, with the protagonist at the zenith of his achievement and ends with his fall into misery, death and damnation. Now we are going to evaluate him as a tragic hero. Click Here to Download a Printable version of the full Note or Click top right corner of the preview of the document.
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