A Great Tragedy: The good misunderstood and the evil accepted Shakespeare's King Lear and Marlowe's Doctor Faustus is a detailed description of the consequences of one mans decisions that ends in a tragedy. ... Ah Doctor Faustus that I might prevail to guide thy steps unto the way of life. ... Faustus portrays the same traits of egotism as Lear. ... Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires. ... It is not until the end of the plays that Lear and Faustus is enlightened. ...

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