Christopher Marlowe, a contemporary of William Shakespeare, wrote a famous play called Doctor Faustus. In it the main character becomes bored by the ordinary pursuit of knowledge
and commits himself to seeking the forbidden knowledge of the black arts. The long-term
consequence is the loss of his soul. The nineteenth-century German writer Johann Wolf-
gang von Goethe used the same story in his work, Faust. Where is the boundary between
legitimate and forbidden knowledge? Why would any knowledge be forbidden?

What is the most likely inference a reader can make about eliza's emotional state

Read the excerpt from the odyssey. then, throwing his arms around this marvel of a father telemachus began to weep. salt tears rose from the wells of longing in both men, and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk, whose nestings farmers take before they fly this excerpt is an example of which value important to ancient greek society? hospitality generosity perseverance family ties

Directions: in 2 - 3 paragraphs respond to mack's idea about the "interplay of life and literature" in lines 92 - 100 in " why read shakespeare". 1. explain what it means to say that finding meaning in shakespeare "is a sort of proving ground for finding beauty and meaning in life". provide reasons that support your claim. 2. explain which is more important - that literature teaches readers about life or that understanding life readers understand literature. identify examples from literature you have read. 3. summarize your view of the interplay between literature and your own lives, explaining whether you see a connection or not and why.