Romeo And Juliet And A Midsummer Night

Mckinnley Olsen

Professor Philip Arevalo

British Lit

December 7th, 2016

British Lit Final

1. Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus 3.73-86 Taken from scene 3 of the play, the author is presenting his theme of Faustus’ impulsive nature through the explanation of condemnation. Rather than hell being a place, Mephistopheles explains to Faustus that hell is merely the absence of God and quite frankly the knowledge that heaven exists, but the deprivation of such. (3.76-82). However, Heaven is quite the opposite, described as an “eternal joy” and even an “everlasting bliss”. Unaware of Mephistopheles evil; Faustus asks a series of questions to Mephistopheles regarding his appearance, but mainly regarding where he is damned. Faustus then continues and practices magic and is so intrigued by it that he decides to continue to practice it and even take it on as his profession. Mephistopheles, the devil, and Faustus continue to carry on in conversation but Faustus unexpectedly blurts out offensive remarks to the

He has written some of the most intense and storied love affairs the world will ever know. Love stories such as “Romeo and Juliet” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will always be remembered not only as some of my personal favorites, but also as some of the most incredible pieces of literature, but especially in the genre of love. However, the theme of this sonnet is not love, but rather lying. This is evident from the second line of the book as Shakespeare writes “I do believe her though I know she lies,”. At first glance this may seem that it is just that she is simply not telling the man the truth, but rather she is sleeping with other men. The whole theme of lying is evident throughout the entire poem, but it is not one sided. The woman may be lying to the man about who she is sleeping with, but he is also lying to her by leading her to believe that he is younger than he actually