Doctor Faustus: York Notes for AS & A2

An essential aid to revision, York Notes for AS & A2 (A Level) on Doctor Faustus will help you to attain a deeper understanding of Christopher Marlowe’s classic play about the consequences of making a pact with the Devil. Exploring aspects of the work including the play’s structure, characters, historical context and religious symbolism, this comprehensive Doctor Faustus A Level revision guide provides students with everything they need to achieve the best examination grades.

Students that attain the highest marks for their essays and answers to questions on Doctor Faustus will have fully satisfied the examiner that they understand Faustus’s motivations in succumbing to Mephistopheles’s offer, the ways in which the play represents the struggle between good and evil and human weaknesses, the sub-textual themes of science, religion and the supernatural, and their relevance to the period in which the play is set.