Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus is a landmark of Elizabethan drama and one of the earliest and most enduring tales of ambition, damnation, and the supernatural. The play follows Dr. Faustus, a brilliant scholar who trades his soul to the devil in exchange for magical powers and worldly pleasures. As Faustus enjoys fleeting triumphs, he spirals toward eternal ruin-haunted by regret and the consequences of pride. Blending classical tragedy with moral allegory and gothic intensity, Marlowe's masterwork explores the human thirst for knowledge, power, and control at any cost. A haunting meditation on free will, temptation, and the price of hubris, this play remains a cornerstone of Renaissance literature and a timeless cautionary tale

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