“I’ll burn my books” : Doctor Faustus, and the closing emblem of a powerless man

This paper will firstly locate the concept of power in the text, and demonstrate how the human desire for power motivates the acquisition of knowledge. That said, the presence of an omnipotent supernatural realm in 'Doctor Faustus' essentially means that the degree of agency possessed by M...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goh, Ondrea Xin Yi
Other Authors: Wong Yeang Chui, Jane
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70389