The Story of Doctor Faustus

The Story of Doctor Faustus

The story of Doctor Faustus is a familiar myth, in which the main character sells his soul , makes a deal with the devil, for something he speciously holds more valuable. There are many versions of this story in our culture, and it would take quite a time to make note of them all. Most people will have seen or heard one of the various stories in the for of a book, play, movie, or television show. The original story of Doctor Faustus, as created by Christopher Marlow, was prevalent to society at the time because it spoke to people’s growing dizzy awareness of their possibilities and capabilities at this time. By that explanation it seems that the classic Marlow play, Doctor Faustus, would also be a hit because in the countries of the world there are many a growing multicultural society, for whom there are continually growing possibilities and capabilities. This is also a similar state of affairs for how one might perceive the women’s movement, as women are gaining more equality inside and outside o f the workplace. Also, for society as a whole, one is being exposed to the ever growing world of computers and the world wide web. The largest and most significant change I would make in an attempt to adapt Doctor Faustus so that it would be more engineered towards to today’s audience is that I would make Doctor Faustus a Dr. Faustesse. I would make an attempt to portray the main character Faustus, as a women, Faustesse, in an attempt to update the concerns for which the play represents. By having a female character fall to the devil to gain power over society it symbolizes and signifies the constant struggle of women, even in today’s society, to get past the very patriarchal dominated social structures...

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...will be more acute for today’s audience, who have been exposed to countless emotions through the expansion of the movie industry, and have therefor become somewhat immune to a certain amount of emotion. Also, I believe that by bringing up to date certain costumes, staging, and musical aspects for the play, the play itself will be richer and more authentic, hence able to reach the modern day audience more effectively. Completing this update, I feel, is the introduction of the women lead, playing the part of Faustesse, as this will symbolize many issues of societal struggles that have been prevalent in society in the near past, and will continue to be in the near future. For these reasons, and variety of changes, I feel that this is how the play Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlow, should be updated to reach an acceptable modern standard for theatrical productions.