jeffery
‘faustus is a vulgar sorcerer, tempted to sell his soul to the devil for the ordinary price of sensual pleasure’
wagner
believes that the struggle between passion and reason, god and satan is not fully presented
hallam
more a collection of sketches than a masterpiece of drama
hazlitt
‘a personification of the pride of will and the eagerness of curiosity, sublimed beyond the reach of fear and remorse’
maitland
congratulates marlowe for his deep exploration and understanding of human nature
taine
‘the living, struggling, natural, personal man…slave of his passions…moulded by his lusts’
lewes
‘to have saved him at last would have been to violate the legend, and to outrage their moral sense’