Doctor Faustus
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Temptation, Sin, and Redemption
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Fate vs. Free Will
Education, Knowledge, and Power
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Doctor Faustus
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Helen of Troy
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Blood
The Seven Deadly Sins
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Christopher Marlowe
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Prologue
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Scene 5
Scene 6
Chorus 2
Scene 7
Scene 8
Chorus 3
Scene 9
Scene 10
Scene 11
Chorus 4
Scene 12
Scene 13
Epilogue
Themes
All Themes
Temptation, Sin, and Redemption
The Bargain
The Renaissance Individual
Fate vs. Free Will
Education, Knowledge, and Power
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Doctor Faustus
Mephastophilis
Wagner
Lucifer
Chorus
Good Angel and Evil Angel
Robin
Horse-courser
The Pope
A Knight at Charles' Court
Three Scholars
Helen of Troy
Symbols
All Symbols
The Good and Evil Angels
Blood
The Seven Deadly Sins
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allegory
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Genre
Irony
Mood
Oxymorons
Paradox
Parody
Personification
Setting
Situational Irony
Soliloquy
Style
Quizzes
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Prologue Quiz
Scene 1 Quiz
Scene 2 Quiz
Scene 3 Quiz
Scene 4 Quiz
Scene 5 Quiz
Scene 6 Quiz
Chorus 2 Quiz
Scene 7 Quiz
Scene 8 Quiz
Chorus 3 Quiz
Scene 9 Quiz
Scene 10 Quiz
Scene 11 Quiz
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Scene 12 Quiz
Scene 13 Quiz
Epilogue Quiz
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