2:1 + 2 Faustus Quotes Analysis Flashcards

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what is the significance of Faustus once again being staged in his study at the start at Act 2?

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mirrors his soliloquy and uncertainty, presented as isolated due to his obsession with magic

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must thou needs be damned and canst thou not be saved

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questioning tone reflects conflict and uncertainty, Calvinistic views

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Beelzebub. to him I’ll build an altar and a church

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blasphemous and twisted, subversion of religion

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think of heaven and heavenly things… think of honour and wealth

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stichomythia between good and evil angel reflects warring conscience and the evil angel having spoken last is to further the manipulation of Faustus

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Faustus repeating the evil angel: of honour and wealth

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robotic repetition shows him blindly following/ being persuaded

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my blood congeals

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physical aversion shows his actions are unnatural and defying God, warning from his own body

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(Aside) O, what will I not do to obtain his soul

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Mephistopheles’ true feelings and nature as a devil

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consummatum est

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subversion of the language of Christ is heretical, also alludes to tragedy/ suffering/ sacrifice as his fate is sealed, no room for repentance

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homo fuge (appears on his arm)

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Faustus entering a panicked state as he is bewildered, reality of the permanence and inescapability of his fate hitting him + allusion to Icarus, tragic consequences

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(Aside) I’ll fetch him somewhat to delight his mind

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Mephistopheles as duplicitous, cunning, villainous, tempting Faustus with instant gratification

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then there’s enough for a thousand souls

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failure to understand the importance of a soul again, shows Faustus’ lack of knowledge about divinity that he claimed to possess whilst rejecting all the academic disciplines

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12
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hell’s a fable

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Faustus either in denial or just ignorant/ foolish

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13
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fairest maid in Germany

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mirrors Robin and the pursuit of base desires, Faustus as superficial and foolish, undermining his previous noble aims and finalising his corruption

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I am wanton and lascivious

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previously wanted glory and knowledge, wants to satiate his sexual desires, shows he is fickle

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i can make thee drunk… for nothing

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Robin believes there is no price to his actions but he is mistaken, reminds us of Faustus who proposes to indulge himself in sensual and intellectual pleasures while seemingly dismissing the fact that a reckoning will have to be made

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16
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now I will make all the maidens in our parish dance at my pleasure stark naked before me

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parallels Faustus presenting him as clownlike

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here I ha’ sol’n one of Doctor Faustus’ conjuring books

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ought to be a province of scholars, shows how anyone can do it