Act 5 Scene 2

Question 1

“Hell ah hell for ever!” - F
“Being in hell forever?” - f

Answer 1

• contrasts “hells a fable”
  -he now believes and recognises what he has done

Question 2

“God forbade it indeed;but Faustus hath done it” - f

Answer 2

-he blames himself
- clear recognition

Question 3

“But thou didst love the world”- F

Answer 3

-he loves early pleasures more than heaven and god

Question 4

“ ah my Christ” - F

Answer 4

-calls out
- doesn’t realise he has access to gods love and mercy

Question 5

“ mountains and hills, come come and fall on me and hide me from the heavy wrath of god ”- f

Answer 5

-plea echoes the bible passage
-in the book of revelations which describes the apocalypse, the end of the world, during which god destroys evil and evil doers and rewards those who are righteous or morally worthy by allowing them to enter a new divine kingdom
- he begs the earth to hide him, foolish notion born of desperation as religion teaches that god is all knowing and all seeing

Question 6

“Let Faustus love in hell a thousand years” - F
“Why wert thou not a creature wanting soul” - f
“Ah Pythagoras metemphsychosis were that true” - F

Answer 6

• he tries to bargain with god to reduce the length of time he’s in heaven
• he curses that he even has a soul and wishes Pythagoras’ theory of the transmigration of souls were true
  This is the notion that the soul after the body dies moves onto another
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Question 7

“Ill burn by books” - F

Answer 7

• vows to burn his books if God will spare him
• tradition was considered proof that a magician is abandoning magic
• unfortunately the promise comes to late