Dr. Faustus as a tragedy

Introduction:  Christopher Marlowe’s play Doctor Faustus portrays the titular character on a pursuit of knowledge that ultimately leads his downfall. Faustus makes an error of judgment in making a pact with Lucifer, which brings about not only his death but the to damnation of his soul.
The Tragical history of his life and death of doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus is Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher marlow,based on German story .
The title character faust,that was written sometime between 1589 and 1592, and night have been performed between 1592 and Marlow’s death in 1593.two different versions of the play were published in Jacobean era, several Jeers later.
Introduction of the Author  : 
                                                     Christopher Marlow also known as kit Marlow. Marlow has born in 26 Feb, 1564, Canterbury Kent, England. He was an English playwright poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlow region of Elizabeth .
His father john Marlow was a shoemaker and the family must have been quite well because Christopher was sent to kings school. When Christopher Marlowe was born Canterbury probably had a population of over 4,000. It would seen no more than a village but by Elizabethan standards it was a respectable.
In the 16th century England the renaissance. The cultural movement that revived interest in classical art and literature reached England.
However England is deeply divided in the 16th century. Introduced a moderate Protestantism.

What is tragedy:
                                          “ A tragedy, then, is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself, in language with pleasurable access sories,each kind brought in separately in the parts of the work; in a dramatic, not in a narrative form; within cadets arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions.” By Aristotle….
Tragedy is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in audience. Many culture have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, the term tragedy often refers to a specific tradition of drama has played unique and important role historically in the self definition of western civilization.

Dr Faustus as a tragedy 
                                         Tragedy is defined as a drama and literary thing in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers sorrow especially as a consequence of tragic flaw, moral weakness or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. In this play “DOCTOR FAUSTUS” Marlowe present his main character as a tragic hero.
Understanding of Christopher Marlowe’s Elizabethan tragedy, Dr Faustus , can be framed in term of the renaissance philosophy and the Elizabethan  tragedy ,which take a different turn some points from the Aristotelian tragedy, for instance death of the tragic hero. Dr. Faustus demonstrates the renaissance philosophy that pits the dichotomy of good angelic humanity against evil. Marlowe’s play is a model of the Elizabethan tragedy.
Marlowe constructed the character of Dr. Faustus to represent within himself both characteristics of the renaissance view of humanity as divinely good and helishphly evil. First, Dr Faustus is presented as a scholar of all things including divinity, the highest Renaissance scholarly discipline. Then, Faustus is shown as dissatisfied with the limitations of humanity and grasping for unlimited knowledge, which is Biblical allusion to Adam and Eve who ate of the Tree of knowledge. Throughout the play .Faustus descends to lower and lower planes of knowledge in his pursuit for the “power” and “omnipotence” that come from knowledge. Dr. Faustus also represent classic Elizabethan tragedy. First the tragic hero has a flaw or makes an error in judgment that lead to his own doom. It’s hard to say whether Faustus had a fatal flaw in his character or whether he is doomed by a faulty understanding that lead to a fatally disastrous error of judgment. All along the way, Faustus has doubts and hesitatation which speaks for a integrity of his moral character .he did not reckon the power of evil highly enough, that he thought that with omnipotent knowledge he could free himself from the chains of evil around himself.

Dr Faustus as a Tragic Hero:   Drama is always relies on the character as well as character in action. Drama is dialogues and actions, drama take a figure of Tragedy, comedy, Tragic and etc. if certain dialogues and action as  expression are solemnly depicted on the stage, it make the main character of the drama as a tragic one. Dramatist’s treatment with hero makes him serious as well as so much pathetic that one should say that is tragic drama.
                  The term ‘Tragedy ‘encompasses certain point that are hamartia, catharsis, sensational incidents, and sudden panic and at the end death is the ultimate reality. Whether Dr.Faustus by Christopher Marlowe is tragic or not perplexes us, because the play is old as well as very relevant to modern times. Which concept should be applied to it? Common man is the chief character in the new generation. Aristotle asserts that the hero should be good, realistic, moral man while modern perspective is something different. Good and evil qualities are the sign of modern drama.
Dr.Faustus is, somehow, not too much good & bed. He is an amalgam of good and evil qualities. His mind is more compelled towards evil path. So it is now enough easy to prove him as a tragic hero.
The debate regarding “Dr.Faustus” as a tragic drama is taken into consideration because it taken into clash between Age of Renaissance and medieval age, morality, several Christian concepts, values and worldly knowledge which is divinely oriented, Extreme hunger of gaining.
Faustus was indeed, intelligent, knowledgeable, philosopher because he read most of the books but he was not a truly moral man. He aspires to utilize his power, plumb the any story of the universe and to remakes the map of Europe. Marlowe has made him the tragic hero by Christian concepts but not from modern perspective. He wants to try to enhance Faustus great pang and pain by Christian values. If we see in history of literature countable dramatist might have shown a tragic downfall of the protagonist who has knowledge of the world no doubt he so patients but his horizons seems narrow. Everything is possible to him but his yearning is somehow sapped.
In the age of Renaissance god was replaced by men and Faustus has rejected the importance of god. He favors of men that should be at the center. Even being a man of Renaissance, Faustus is a modern example of the current age.
Faustus fearful mind starts creating illusion of Christ’s blood. He dreams that god would forgive him but that was out of control. He is clearly wrecked with remorse, yet he is not longer seemed to be able atone for. Faustus cannot bear the reality. He does not wish to die. He becomes like a madman. There is a failure of Christianity at the end of the drama because Faustus fails to repent.