The Comedy of Terrors: Ideology and Comedy in Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
In Jakob Ladegaard’s article “The Comedy of Terrors: Ideology and Comedy in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus,” his argument is that the comical elements of Marlowe’s work help to add to the political meaning of the play. He starts out by describing exactly the type of comedy, the comedy is important in theater because it adds the audience into the universe. The article continues to talk about the comparison between religion and the Devil in the play saying they are comparable. This goes to show the relationship between hell and the English state. The article also talks a lot about how dimwitted Faustus is saying that that is a major farce of the play itself. This article ends by saying that the play is about showing the true nature of the state and its relation to religion.
- Montana Richards
Ladegaard, Jakob. “The Comedy of Terrors: Ideology and Comedy in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus.” Textual Practice, vol. 31, no. 1, Feb. 2017, pp. 179–195. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/0950236X.2016.1188141.
