Faustus 2.3

Question 1

‘Why Faustus // Think’st thou _______ is such a ________ thing?’ (4-5)​ - contrast with which quote from 1.3?

Answer 1

‘Why Faustus // Think’st thou heaven is such a glorious thing?’ 2.3 (4-5)​ contrasts with ‘the eternal joys of heaven’ (1.3) - Mephistopholes contradicts himself, conveying that he is lying to manipulate Faustus to never repent and remain damned

Question 2

‘Faustus, repent yet, God will ____ thee’ (15)​
‘Ay, but Faustus shall never repent.’ (18)​
‘My heart’s so ________ I cannot repent.’ (19)​

Answer 2

‘Faustus, repent yet, God will pity thee’ (15)​
‘Ay, but Faustus shall never repent.’ (18)​
‘My heart’s so hardened I cannot repent.’ (19)​ (2.3, G.A, E.A, Faustus) - 1.) metaphor conveys how Faustus has become so corrupted by his transgression that hes is unable to feel remorse and therefore feels he can not be absolved of his sin. 2.) Faustus ultimately agrees with the Evil angel, emphasising how Faustus’s temptation towards evil takes control of his narrative

Question 3

‘I should have slain myself // Had not sweet ________ conquered deep ________.’

Answer 3

‘I should have slain myself // Had not sweet pleasure conquered deep despair.’ (2.3, Faustus) - motif of gluttony conveys how, again, Faustus’s greed has overtaken his ability to commit to repentance. He acknowledges that he is distracted from the reality of his impending damnation by indulgence in his superficial desires.

Question 4

‘Swords and _______ ,//Poison, guns, ________’

Answer 4

‘Swords and knives,//Poison, guns, halters’ - (2.3, Faustus) - Syndetic listing conveys how Faustus is overwhelmed by his inner-conflict between repentance and damnation and by the idea of facing physical consequences for his actions.

Question 5

‘All ______ move from east to ______ in four-and-_______hours’

Answer 5

‘All jointly move from east to west in four-and-twenty hours’ (2.3, Mephistopheles) - despite Meph’s subtle allusion to the years of voluptuousness that Faustus had sold his soul for, Faustus ignores the warnings of impending doom as he is blinded by his desire for omniscience - mockery of Faustus’s foolish nature

Question 6

‘Tell me who made the world’
‘I will not’
‘I will not tell thee’

Answer 6

2.3, repeated monosyllabic language of Mephistopheles conveys his blunt rejection to give Faustus knowledge as it would require him to speak of God. Devilish power is portrayed to be restricted by God. (link to ‘I will fetch thee a wife in the devils name’ 2.1)

Question 7

‘_______ too late, if Faustus can repent’ ​
‘If thou repent, ______ shall tear thee in ______.’‘

Answer 7

‘Never too late, if Faustus can repent’ ​
‘If thou repent, devils shall tear thee in pieces.’
2.3, G.A and E.A