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Would You Consider Doctor Faustus to be a Medieval Morality Play or a Renaissance Drama?
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Would You Consider Doctor Faustus to be a Medieval Morality Play or a Renaissance Drama? When considering as to whether Marlowe's Doctor Faustus is a medieval morality play or a renaissance drama one could make a legitimate case on either side of this question. On the one hand, the play seems to offer the very basic moralistic message of avoiding temptation and sin, but if tempted repent when the chance is offered, which falls within the tradition of the morality play. However, parts of the play and its conclusion can be interpreted as straying away from the orthodox pattern of morality plays in order to conform to conventions of renaissance drama. Probably the most significant influence on the play is the social upheaval that was taking place at the time it was written. It is thought that it was first performed around 1594 and this was a time of tremendous change...
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