Dec 18, 2009

Doctor Faustus | Compare and Contrast

1590's: People were anxious about the "New Science" of Galileo, Copernicus, and Bacon. They also were intrigued by the explorations of the "New World" of the Americas by Christopher Columbus and by the discoveries of maritime adventurers like Sir Frances Drake.

Today: Scientific advances in genetic engineering and cloning both intrigue and frighten people, as does the discovery of possible life in new worlds in space.

1590's: People feared those who were different from them. Protestants feared Catholics; Catholics feared Protestants, and both feared...