... source for this infamous play is Arthur Brooke's 'Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet', a long, dense poem. This poem in turn was adapted from a French prose account written by Pierre Boiastuau, who had used an Italian version by Bandello proposed in 1554. Bandello's poem was further imitated from Luigi da Porto's version in 1525 of a story by Masuccio Salernitano. Though ... ...

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... to Lucifer the devil in exchange for 24 years of power, and Mephistopheles will remain his servant and he will satisfy his every whim. This agreement sounds rather strange (Marlowe 39), as it is senseless for a person to lose their life for the sake of power that is not eternal. The readers' attention is focused on Faustus' intention to use the ... ...

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