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Though people are beginning to analyze the internet as an active social force, a seemingly insurmountable problem permeates all criticisms of the world wide web: how do we begin to frame the Internet as a subject of inquiry when its role in our lives is constantly shifting, continually slipping from definition, yet undeniably reconstructing a new human condition? I believe an answer may lie in placing the Internet within the context of the Faust Myth \u2014 a legend that has repeatedly been used to explore humanity's obsession with power. For my undergraduate honors thesis, I wrote and performed an adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus in which I frame the Internet as a modern Faustian contract, and advocate a new approach to the use of technology.
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- The Helen Project
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- Munger, Adrielle Karen (Author)
- Sturges, Robert (Thesis director)
- Sterling, Pamela (Committee member)
- Finn, Ed (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- Department of English (Contributor)
- School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (Contributor)
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2013-05
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