Scene Summaries Flashcards
Chorus
- what the play is not about
- Faustus before Wittenberg
- Faustus as a proud man
1
Faustus in his study, rejecting the disciplines
Wagner is told to fetch Valdes and Cornelius
Good and Evil Angel makes the first appearance
Valdes and Cornelius persuade Faustus to continue with magic
2
Comedy scene
Scholars express their concerns about Faustus
They check with Wagner where Faustus is
3
Faustus begins to conjure
Mephistophilis appears and is told to return prettier
First conversation about hell
4
Comedy scene
Wagner and Clown - Wagner trying to get a servant
5
Good and Evil Angel
Faustus about to sign the contract
Blood congeals, Mephi gets the coal
Contract
Second conversation about Hell
Faustus wants a wife
Mephi provides Faustus with knowledge
6
Comedy scene
Robin and Rafe discuss conjuring
7
Good and Evil Angel
More questions from Faustus
Enters Lucifer
7 Deadly Sins
Chorus 2
About Faustus’ journeys and travel plans
8
Rome and visit to the Pope
9
Comedy scene
Robin and Rafe conjuring is punished by transforming them into a dog and an ape
Chorus 3
Faustus comes back to Germany, is invited to see the Emperor
10
At the Emperor’s court - conjuring Alexander the Great, punishing the knight
Horse courser
11
Visiting the Duke of Vanholt, grapes for the Duchess
12
Wagner says Faustus is about to die
Scholars want to see Helen of Troy
Old Man appears to remind Faustus it is still possible to ask for forgiveness
