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MAHARAJA KRISHNKUMARSINHJI BHAVNAGAR
UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
SUB: Renaissance Literature
TOPIC: Renaissance Martyr:
Dr.Faustus & Karna in
different age with different
background
Enrollment No. 2069108420200018
Presented by: Ruchi Joshi
ruchivjoshi101@gmail.com

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• The revival of European art and literature under the
influence of classical model in the late 15th to 17th century.
• Rebirth following the middle Ages
• The culture and style of art and architecture developing
during the Renaissance.
What is
Renaissance?

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• As a martyr trying to attain that which was
forbidden to man in a time when doing so was
the noble thing to do.
• One has to pay
• Suffering and pain for gaining even knowledge

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Lust for
the
knowledge

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Same comparison of
Renaissance Spirit
Dr.Faustus
Sold his sole & accept hell rather than
heaven to gain knowledge
Tries to prove that man can rise above the
current set of limitations
Go to extreme
Karna
Epitomizes the ideals of renaissance
Readers feel much sympathy because
he did allow himself to burst out
screaming
By chancing damnation in order to
gain knowledge
Threw his life away for the sake of
knowledge

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Pushing the limits of
what is possible in
spite of obvious
limitations
Paying the
ultimate
penalty
Fails to
understand actual
superior character
One is not a hero
through great qualities,
but through flaws.
Considered tragic and God
himself is seen as the bad
guy because both set
limitations on knowledge
and makes man suffer
eternal damnation when
trying to exceed those
limitations.
Renaissance Martyr