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“Out of ancient myth of the magician who sells his soul to the Devil for occult powers, Marlowe has fashioned a veritable fable of Renaissance man” (Source 5 113). The goal of any true renaissance man is to improve himself. This goal may border on heresy, as ....

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.... will vindicate him in the end. This has a direct effect on style as well as the overall spin, which Marlowe takes on the archetype. Such as strong connection between and Marlowe makes it practical to speak of the damnation of both of these interesting characters almost simultaneously. Therefore, Marlowe and are both damned by their own self-improvement, not only by God, but also by themselves, and society. Doctor opens with a depiction of as the perfect Renaissance man. “He is partly an artist, who does not wish to glorify God, as his medieval predecessors did, but to applaud and please man; he is partly a scientist and philosopher, whose ....