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thinkin' about the T/V distinction in Doctor Faustus
#doctor faustus#mephistopheles' posture of servitude does not extend to pronouns#interestingly the comedy scenes have all the characters use 'you' fairly consistently#the t/v breakdown starts happening in english in the 17th century#and marlowe may have had a collaborator#textual criticism of DF is even messier than the text itself#hot faust summer#faustposting at work again 🙃
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