Tag Archives: Christopher Marlowe

Please Go Gentle into That Good Night

By Robin Bates | Published: August 24, 2015

Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle” can be read as a narcissistic desire by young people that their elders will go out on young people’s terms.

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Is Don Draper a Modern Faustus?

By Robin Bates | Published: May 20, 2015

In the finale of “Mad Men,” Draper may enter into yet another Faustian bargain, trading a vision of peace for a catchy Coca-Cola jingle.

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Lear: Finding Love in Adversity

By Robin Bates | Published: May 8, 2015

Both “Doctor Faustus” and “King Lear” teach us the silver lining in adversity, “Faustus” in a negative way, “Lear” in a positive.

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Are the Gods Out to Destroy Manziel?

By Robin Bates | Published: December 20, 2014

The epic fail in Johnny Manziel’s first NFL start invites Sophoclean analogies. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus also comes to mind.

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Robin Williams Made Poetry Cool

By Robin Bates | Published: August 14, 2014

Robin Williams gave us one of cinema’s greatest depictions of a literature teacher.

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How Teachers Can Make Lit Real

By Robin Bates | Published: May 29, 2013

The “so what” question is vital if students are to make their responses to literature real.

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Sin = Separation from Creation

By Robin Bates | Published: May 20, 2012

Seeing sin more as human separateness from creation than as disobeying God may be a more powerful way to teach the concept to today’s students.

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Faustus’s Soul and a Grieving Student

By Robin Bates | Published: April 2, 2012

This past year I have learned, in a new and powerful way, that the Faustus legend is a powerful exploration of the meaning of life and death. This is thanks to Caitie Harrigan, a senior at St. Mary’s who has been writing her senior project on the legend. As Caitie told me recently, she never […]

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Death, Faustus, and a Search for Meaning

By Robin Bates | Published: February 16, 2012

The Faustus story can aid one in an existential search for meaning.

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