Write an essay of at least 750 words exploring the critical debate surrounding this play and take a stand: Is this a play which holds Faustus as a romantic rebel or does the play present Faustus as an example of d a m ning folly? Cite at least two critical sources and at least three passages from the play to support your analysis.

The literature of nineteenth-century realism depicted everyday life in a realistic way. which statements show that leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich is a realist text? the description of human struggles in the form of ivan ilyich’s suffering the faithfulness of relationships that ivan ilyich experiences toward the end of his life the romantic tension that occurs between ivan ilyich and his wife the difference between superficial and authentic living the plot ending with a surprising turn of events