Faustus Flashcards
1) “his __ wings did mount above his reach”
- what is his knowledge to him? excelling? context?
1) waxen
- it is essential to his survival, excelling beyond expectations, to the myth of Icarus
2) “O, this __ my soul”
- 2 techniques? what is he doing?
2) feeds
- gluttony is the motif of food/eating and the other one is ironic cause it’s blasphemous, he is choosing evil over repenting
3) “necromantic books are __”
- what is this? his perceived what has led him to believe what?
3) heavenly
- blasphemy, his perceived omnipotence due to his hubris has led him to believe that blasphemy is okay
4) “how am I __ with conceit of this”
- motif of? 2 contexts? corruption of who? desires?
4) glutted
- gluttony, part of morality plays/type of reinassance and the criticism of the Catholic Church, Faustus, base desires
5) “her __ suck forth my soul”
- mixes what? what is he committing?
5) lips
- religion and sexual desires, demoniality
6) “stand still you over moving __ of heaven”
- what does he call and try to do? where did we see this? why does he want time to stand still?
6) spheres
- the natural world and tries to control it, in his first soliloquy (1.1.58-59), so he doesn’t go hell
7) “that Faustus may __ and save his soul”
- what does he want to do after doing what? what are 2 thing on why he would want God to save his soul?
7) repent
- he wants to repent after doing all them blasphemous acts, because he wants to turn back to God or he wants to carry on with necromancy
Stage directions - snatching things and messing around with the pope
- 3 words to describe his actions? who is Faustus distracting and who is distracting Faustus? contradicts? he’s reduced to what? context?
- greedy, aggressive and childish, he’s distracting himself and lucifer and Mephistopheles are distracting him, his role as scholar, knowledgable man reduced to a child due to necromancy, audience any to copy Faustus as they dislike the Catholic Church at this time
