English 434
Dr. Desmet
Spring 1997

For Monday:
Tamburlaine, like Faustus, seeks and attains power, then suffers a "fall." The neutral critical term for this kind of character is "overreacher." Argue against the position that Tamburlaine is an overreacher.

OR

For both Faustus and Tamburlaine, their relations with women tell us about their characters, both public and private. What can you tell about Tamburlaine from his relation to Xenocrate?

For Friday:
In some ways this is a bizarre question, but why in the world does Tamburlaine drag around Xenocrates's corpse with him in Part 2 of the play?

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