lol? nahh

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I understand that Marlowe may have wanted relief from the drama and tension of Faustus making the decision to sell his soul to the devil, but tbh je déteste la comédie c'est très ennuyeux! I do understand that what we think is funny nowadays would have been very different back then, butI don't think the comedy has travelled well through time. Personally when I saw Dr Faustus last year they added an extra hour onto the play making it way too long and they didn't add anything to it. For me it wasnt light relief during the dramatic moments it was boredom, in fact I started to watch the lighting guy next to me moving the switchs on the lighting board. I don't think this is what Marlowe intended people to do when they saw this play but he should have thought about that before he wrote these scenes.


Honestly I think that Marlowe may have only written theses scenes to boast to the audience of his genius blank verse being his usual modest self. I know that this is very easily argued against especially the fact that many believe he didn't even write these comic scenes but oh well, I like to be original. 


Personally I don't think we need the light relief from Faustus as he is the interesting character in this play, especially at this stage when the audience is wondering whether he is really going to go through with selling his soul to the devil. Therefore I think that these scenes are a bit distracting from him and the story, causing us to become impatient and annoyed. Honestly I think these scenes are an epic fail on Marlowe's part but I will forgive him due to the rest of the play being rather good in my opinion.