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The aim is to investigate how Doctor Faustus reflects the issues of early capitalist ideologies and their impact on human desires.

July 27, 2026Open Access

The Price of the Bourgeois Dream: A Neo-Marxist Reading of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus

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NGNirmal GurungTribhuvan University

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Neo-Marxist reading explores the representation of early capitalism and bourgeois values in Doctor Faustus, suggesting profound implications for understanding desire and fulfillment.

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The aim is to investigate how Doctor Faustus reflects the issues of early capitalist ideologies and their impact on human desires.
Analyzed Doctor Faustus through a neo-Marxist framework using theorists like Marx, Gramsci, and Althusser.
Explored themes of ambition, knowledge, and worldly pleasure as reflections of bourgeois society.
Addressed the socio-economic context behind Faustus's choices and their implications.
Faustus's pact with the devil symbolizes the commodification of human experiences and relationships.
The play illustrates how early capitalism shapes desires and leads to personal damnation.
Marlowe critiques the emerging bourgeois values that promote individualism and consumption.

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Nirmal Gurung (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6700c740bca442e0d4acd6 https://doi.org/10.17613/q3wcn-ghs63

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Neo-Marxist reading explores the representation of early capitalism and bourgeois values in Doctor Faustus, suggesting profound implications for understanding desire and fulfillment.

The Price of the Bourgeois Dream: A Neo-Marxist Reading of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus

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The Price of the Bourgeois Dream: A Neo-Marxist Reading of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus

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