A Comparative Analysis of the Formation of “Nothingness” in Macbeth and The Tragedy of Dr. Faustus  

作　　者：ZHAO Shuai-zhi 

机构地区：[1]The College of Literature and Journalism,Sichuan University,Chengdu,China

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2022年第7期699-706,共8页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Marlowe’s The Tragedy of Dr.Faustus are important dramatic works of the English Renaissance.Despite the distance between their periods of creation,Shakespeare and Marlowe share the same background of social life,and in the same ideological and cultural context,the two playwrights coincidentally deal with the theme of“nothingness”in their respective works.The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast Macbeth and The Tragedy of Dr.Faustus,and to compare the similarities and differences in characterization and narrative techniques between the two works in exploring the theme of“nothingness”.

关 键 词：MACBETH FAUST desire CURIOSITY RENAISSANCE NOTHINGNESS 

分 类 号：J80[艺术—戏剧戏曲]