An argument task involves taking a position for or against an idea.
<h3>How to approach an argument task</h3>
An argument task is such that you are asked to take a position either in defence or in opposition of an idea. It requires the extensive use of logic and clever presentation of points in order to make a good grade.
The first step in writing a good arugument is to brainstorm on the points on both sides of the argument - both for and against. After you have written your points on rough paper, you can now begin to add flesh to each point.
If you are writing in support of a topic make sure to also add a paragraph or two where you counter the possible arguments of those who are against the position.
At the end of the essay, write a concluding paragraph that essentially reiterates the points you made in the entire body of the essay.
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This is like compare and contrast. You compare 2 or more topics, numbers etc.
In a way, Marlowe's Dr. Faustus is both an epitome and a subversion of the Renaissance Man. Having broken free of the medieval rule of theology, he unleashed curiosity and wanted to learn more about the world. Dogma is still strong, but the urges and impulses to challenge it are even stronger. Just like protestants challenged traditional Catholic dogma, and Calvinists challenged Lutherans with the idea of predestination, Dr. Faustus challenges traditional human aspiration to be good, do good, and end up in heaven as a reward. He turns this notion upside down, presuming that there is no way he would be able to end up in heaven.
So, Dr. Faustus is an embodiment of curiosity gone wild. His blase attitude towards humanistic science is, however, some kind of a scientific decadence: he casts away philosophy and law, to embrace magic, as a relic of medieval obsession over mysticism. In this regard, he is a subversion of the Renaissance Man. He thinks he has already learned all there was to learn about this world, so now he yearns for another kind of knowledge - esoteric, otherworldly, knowledge that isn't exactly a knowledge because you don't have to study long and hard for it, you just have to sell your soul to Lucifer.
The Renaissance was torn between two concepts: of a scholar, turned to nature, the globe, the world, and of a religious person who still can't come to terms with the God and the church. Dr. Faustus transcends both of these concepts: he is a scholar who betrays his profession, and a religious person who devotes to Satan, believing (not knowing!) that he has no chance whatsoever to be forgiven for his sins.
In this regard, the play doesn't criticize or support the idea of the Renaissance Man. It simply tries to come to term with the philosophical issues and conflicts of its own time.
