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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

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Required Reading & Downloads

Introductory Material
Introduction to Drama as Literature + Intro to Marlowe & the Faustian Bargain (Rose)

Vocabulary
Doctor Faustus Vocabulary & Allusions Study Sheet
Doctor Faustus Flashcard deck at Dictionary.com

Assignments
Doctor Faustus LRJ Prompts #1-4 Passage Analyses (DOC)
eWorksheet for "The Sources of Doctor Faustus" (DOC)
eWorksheet for "To the Naked and the Nude" (DOC)
eWorksheet for Othello (DOC)
Faustian Bargain One-Act Play -- Collaborative team project
AP Open-Questions prompts for Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus Essay Revision Evaluation Form

Recommended
Study Questions by Act and Scene (Effinger)
Dramatis Personae -- Who's Who in the Play (Effinger)
"The Murder of Christopher Marlowe" (Aiuto)
Dr. Faustus Unit Exam Study Sheet (PDF)

Christopher Marlowe Resources

Christopher Marlowe (Illuminarium)
The Marlowe Society of England (MSE)

Faust & Faustian Bargain Resources

Collection of Faustian Legends (University of Pittsburgh)
The Damnation of Faust -- Opera by Berlioz (Cal Tech)
Faustus Allusions and Influences -- annotated by Act and Scene (Stage & Screen)

Elizabethan Era Resources

The Elizabethan Era
16th Century English Renaissance Literature (Illuminarium)
Elizabethan Theaters
Mr. Rose - Archbishop Moeller High School