Marlowe s Doctor Faustus And The Demeaning of Man
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Marlowe's Doctor Faustus And The Demeaning of Man
Ever since the A and B text of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus were released and criticized, a question has been brought up of the importance of the scenes with the clowns and whether or not Marlowe actually wrote it. Wagner and Robin are the clowns that represent humanity at the lowest form. Playing simple tricks and using magic for useless games and pranks. They are the formula of mankind that Marlowe holds Faustus against to show that Faustus is no more then human and that he should not be expected to do any more then what you would expect from the clowns. They conjure two devils and Faustus makes another. This shows us that Faustus is no better then the lowest fools. Wagner commands Robin to serve him and threatens him so he wont refuse. Faustus commands Mephostophilis to come and serve his every will and when he does come Faustus orders him to change his appearance to better suite his wants. For both Wagner and Faustus this gives them the idea of power but it turns out to be false. Robin didn't seem very threatened by Wagner's tricks but joined him anyways and Mephostophilis would only serve Faustus if Lucifer told him to do so...