Faustus DPRG Structure | 2.3 & 5.1

Question 1

Act 2, Scene 3
DPRG

Answer 1

Doubt: “when I behold the heavens then I repent” - Faustus still wanting to turn back and repent for his actions

Persuasion: “Thinks’t thou heaven is such a glorious thing? Tis not half so fair as thou” - Mephistopheles persuades Faustus that heaven is not as wondrous as human life

Resolution: “My heart’s so hardened I cannot repent” / “I am resolv’d” - No longer wanting to repent convinced that he’s unable to do so

Gain: ‘All jointly move from east to west in four and twenty hours’ / ‘Faustus shall ne’er repent’ - Faustus rewarded with knowledge of the universe

Question 2

Act 5, Scene 1:
DPRG

Answer 2

Doubt: “That I might prevail / To guide thy steps unto the way of life” - The old man pushes Faustus to repent

Persuasion: “Revolt, or I’ll piecemeal tear thy flesh” - Faustus is threatened by Mephistopheles

Resolution: “With my blood again I will confirm / my former vow” - Faustus reaffirms his vow to Lucifer in blood

Gain: “Her lips suck forth my soul” - Faustus takes Helen of Troy as his lover