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Christopher Marlowe 's Doctor Faustus Doctor Faustus _ A spirit of Renaissance Christopher Marlowe is considered unanimously the founder of English tragedy and he is highly marked by his achievements in new kind of tragic heroes, newness , insertion of Renaissance elements,Machievalian approach, sensuous pleasure, tragic conflict, high seriousness, hyper ambitions etc. These achievements lend a unique stature and loftiness to his writing composition as he is the the child of Renaissance that is why he is the the mouthpiece of his age and presents in his writings Man centric themes in which man is in a perpetual spiritual and inner conflict which is is eating into to his soul and vitals. Nous we switch on to Doctor Faustus in which the leading charactor Faustus is a tragic hero who goes on fighting against his inner conflict which is the direct result of his sky high ambition of getting unlimited knowledge, power and authority. He goes beyond the human limitations.And resultan

Prologue to the Canterbury tales By Geoffrey Chaucer Characteristics of Chaucer: The most perfect poet in the English language The father of English poetry The grandfather of English novels Promoter of national unity through language Prince of story Teller Developer of English language as literary language Original poet Bridge between medieval/dark ages between renaissance Crossroad Greatest poet of the 14th century Social chronicler of his age The first humorist of English literature Pioneer of modern drama, novels and poetry Supreme native poet 14 century as Chaucer's England Papularized, reshaped and reformed the East Midland dialect and gave it the form of standard tongue Give expression to the life,ideals,hopes and aspirations of 14th century Characteristics of Prologue Humorous in modern sense Satirical Not acrimonious attitudes Ironic No originality of plot Plot fetched from Latin, French, Italian source No use of allegorical personification Short but vivid characterization