Thinking Activity : Dr. Faustus a play by Christopher Marlowe

Q1. The play directed by Matthew Dunster for Globe theatre ends with this scene (see the image of Lucifer). What does it signify?

ANS:· In the last seen we see that Mephistophilis bring faustus's soul and burn in hell and lucifer come on the stage and he shows his victory and his wide wings clarify that he become more powerful than before and evil win again god.

Q2. Is God present in the play? If yes, where and how? If No, why?

ANS:·both way i think god is not come on the stage because evil on the stage and evils not speak god name so if god come than evil goes away from the stage in the movie we see two character 1) is good angel and 2) is old man this two are messenger of god but not really god, because of faustus choose necromancy path so those two character are only can say that he become wrong path,it's evil on the stage is prove that god not come on the stage.

Q3. What reading and interpretation can be given to this image (see the image of Daedalus and Icarus) with reference to central theme of the play Dr. Faustus?

ANS:·daedalus and icarus theme is the central of faustus play, is start with the cage both in that cage after some days daedalus make a wings and wings are wex, those wings give his son to take and fly over the sky and he said one thing that don't fly at the sun but icarus ignore his father warning and he fly to the sun and now wings are wex and it's melting and icarus fall down at the river and he died, and dr. Faustus character and icarus is same in the theme faustus choose necromancy path become for knowledge he choose wrong path and at the end he know that he choose wrong and he fall in hell.

Q4. How do you interpret this painting?

ANS:· see in the image in right side down in river saw that is icarus fall in river and shepherd Fisher and farmer work and don't see that icarus and his father see that fall but no one help him and icarus died.