Faustus 5.1

Question 1

‘who are at supper with such belly-cheer’ (6)​

Answer 1

‘who are at supper with such belly-cheer’ (6)​ - Wagner, motif of food and gluttony highlights how, despite being aware of his impending doom, Faustus foolishly distracts himself with overindulgence

Question 2

‘carouse and ______’ (4)

Answer 2

‘Carouse and swill’ - 5.1, Wagner, motif of food and gluttony highlights how, despite being aware of his impending doom, Faustus foolishly distracts himself with overindulgence

Question 3

Significance of the banquet?

Answer 3

Marlowe creates a blasphemous parody of the last supper. Unlike Jesus - who sacrificed himself for humanity - Faustus is taking his last meal before his soul is sacrificed into damnation. Link to ‘consummatum est’ (2.1)

Question 4

‘I see an _______ hovers o’er thy ______’

Answer 4

‘I see an angel hovers o’er thy head’ - 5.1, Old man, suggests that Faustus still has a chance to repent and be saved from damnation

Question 5

‘With greatest _________ that our hell ________’

Answer 5

‘With greatest torments that our hell affords’ - 5.1, Faustus, contrasts ‘I think hell is a fable (2.1), no longer disillusioned and accepting his damnation as reality

Question 6

‘His faith is _____. I cannot touch his ____’ (79)​

Answer 6

‘His faith is great. I cannot touch his soul’ (79)​ - 5.1, Mephistopholes, contrasts Faustus, whose inner-conflict between repentance and sin allow Mephistopholes to manipulate him into damnation. Also highlights limitations of Meph’s power.

Question 7

‘As in the _______ God shall try my _____’

Answer 7

‘As in the furnace God shall try my faith’ - 5.1, Unlike Faustus, who does not repent because ‘the devil threatened to tear me to pieces’ (5.2), the Old Man is not afraid of physical punishment and chooses his faith over fear of torture by the devils.