Question on Mephistopheles Flashcards
(14 cards)
Quotes that show Marlowe presenting Mephistopheles as an agent of temptation to warn the Elizabethan audience against the supernatural?
-‘I am servant to great Lucifer’
-‘I’ll fetch him somewhat to delight his mind’ (2.1)
-‘This is hell nor am i out of it’ ‘tormented by a thousand hells’ (1.3)
-‘all the world shall be at thy command’ (2.1)
-‘stab thine arm courageously’ (2.3)
‘I am _______ to great Lucifer’
servant
‘i’ll fetch him somewhat to _______ his mind’ (2.1)
delight
This is hell…’ (1.3)
nor am I out of it’
‘tormented…’
by a thousand hells
‘all the…’ (2.1)
world shall be at thy command’
stab…’ (2.3)
thine arm courageously’
Quotes suggesting that throughout the play Meph is presented as a manipulator and controller of F as a catalyst for Faustus’ descent into hubristic foolishness
-‘O what i will not do to obtain his soul’ (2.1)
-‘revolt or i’ll piecemeal tear thy flesh’ (5.1)
-‘Torment that base and crooked age’ (5.1) ‘in the furnace God shall try my faith’ ‘his faith is great i cannot touch his soul’
Quotes showing Meph is presented as a corrupter of F to warn against the study of necromancy
-‘with doctor’s name’
-‘I shall wait on Faustus whilst he lives’
-‘i’ll fetch him somewhat to delight his mind’ (2.3)
-‘fairest maid in Germany’
Quotes where Meph is presented as honest about his lack of free will, emphasising his lack of true power.
-‘I am servant to great Lucifer’ (1.3)
-‘We fly in hope to get his glorious soul’ (1.3)
-‘forever damned with Lucifer’ (1.3)
-‘That is not against our kingdom’ (2.3)
-‘vexed with these villain’s charms’ (3.2)
Why does the quote ‘I’ll piecemeal tear thy flesh show Meph as having limited power?
It shows that Meph has to threaten Faustus suggesting repentance is a more powerful force
Quote from 1.5 suggesting Meph can’t touch holy things
‘i cannot touch his soul’
Meph cannot get the ‘fairest maid in Germany’ and instead…
‘i’ll fetch thee a wife in the devil’s name’ (2.1)
