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   Definition of Metaphysical poetry .....        The word Metaphysics comes to us from ancient Greece,where it was a combination of two words. Meta means over and beyond and Physic means nature.The combination means over and beyond Physics.Metaphysical is referred as a branch of Philosophy which deals with the first cause and nature of being.It questions the nature of reality in a philosophical way. John Donne was the pioneer who established this new trend of writing Metaphysical poetry.The title "Metaphysical poetry" was given to the poetry of Donne and his school by Dr.Samuel Johnson. So basically this term has been evolved by Samuel Johnson to identify the poetry of the school of John Donne. Characteristic of Metaphysical poetry Doses of wit   The most common characteristic is that metaphysical poetry contains a large doses of wit. Serious questions are examined by the poets  which may be related with e...

    The tragic history of the Life and Death of  Dr.Faustus is generally known as Dr.Faustus ,is an Elizabethan tragedy which was  written by Christopher Marlowe.The play was directed by Mathew Dunster. 1) The play directed by Matthew Dunster for Globe theatre ends with this scene... What does it signify? In this picture wide wings of Lucifer represents the superiority of his evilness. At the end of the play we can see Lucifer with the wide wings which also suggest that after taking away Dr.Faustus’s soul he becomes more powerful than earlier he has. There is one another aspect also at the end of the play Dr.Faustus realizes that he chose a wrong path to satisfy his hunger of knowledge.  At that time he asks god for help and starts to regret but god is also helpless. Because of this realization he dies internally and that’s why Lucifer feels his own greatness or his victory over Dr.Faustus. So here in the conflict between goodness and ev...