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"In Dr Faustus Marlowe is only incidentally concerned with the state of Faustus' soul: his main interest lies in the nature and limits of human desire." Do you agree?
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"In Dr Faustus Marlowe is only incidentally concerned with the state of Faustus' soul: his main interest lies in the nature and limits of human desire." Do you agree? Having read Dr Faustus, the main themes are fairly obvious and the state of Faustus' soul and the exploration of human desire are certainly two of these. The two ideas, however, are connected in the fact that human desire is a part of someone's soul, that is to say the 'moral and emotional part of a person' (Oxford Dictionary). The reason I highlight this point is because it would be impossible to determine which of the two themes in question where of a higher interest to Marlowe without paying attention to this fact and the fact that a person's soul will limit their desires. While doing this I will also pay attention to Marlowe himself, his own life and the time in which he...
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