5,2 END Flashcards
5,2 quotes on how Faustus fails to change
stand still you ever moving spheres of heaven/ mountains and hills come come and fall on me/ now draw up Faustus like a foggy mist
I’ll burn my books! Ah mephistopheles!
5,2 quotes on how Faustus blames others
Curst be the parents that engendered me! No faustus, curse thyself. Curse lucifer!
O’ he stays my tongue! I would lift my hands up but see, they hold them
but the devil threatened to tear me to pieces
5,2 quotes on Faustus’ desperation and panic
on bare hour to live / half the hour is past!/ oh, it strikes it strikes
let Faustus live a thousand years, a hundred thousand and at last be saved
o’ spare me lucifer!
what does the prologue say about Faustus
the cut branch that would’ve grown straight
5,2 quotes on how Faustus is damned
see where christ’s blood is firmanent
analyse see where christ’s blood is firmanent
the repeated use of blood imagery again shows how the chance at repentance and salvation for Faustus is now out of reach - he damned
analyse stand you ever moving spheres of heaven/ mountain and hills come come and fall on me/ Draw Faustus up like a foggy mist
Faustus’ belief in his power even at the end of play symbolises his lack of change as he still thinks he’s able to control nature and higher beings like how he did with meph in act 1,3
analyse O’ spare me lucifer
The use of the apostrophe emphasises Faustus’ desperation and panic, despite this he still decides to turn to lucifer and sinful means which demonstrates that he lacks change
analyse I’ll burn my books! Ah Mephistopheles!
The use of the exclamatory highlights Faustus’ desperation as he still turns to devils. It can also be interpreted in the way that he blames mephistopheles
analyse curst be the parents that engendered me, no Faustus curse thyself, Curse lucifer!
the short fragmented sentences displays Faustus’ panic and distress and he avoids and passes around the blame which shows his lack of remorse
analyse one hour bare hour to live! / half the hour is past! / oh it strikes! it strikes
the dramatic ticking of time alongside the shortened pace of the lines demonstrate Faustus’ inevitable fate and damnation
Why is Faustus fate unusual for a morality play
it is unusual since in morality plays the protagonist is usually saved but Faustus isn’t.
analyse the epilogue: the cut branch that would’ve grown straight
emphasises the morality aspect whereby it warns the idea that if Faustus changed and repented he would’ve been saved
analyse let Faustus live a thousand years, a hundred thousand and at last be saved
Even in his last moments Faustus refuses to accept his punishment and fate so he continues to bargain its terms which emphasises his lack of change. contrasts with act 2,3 whereby he says live in all voluptuosness for 24 years.
analyse O’ he stays my tongue, I would lift my hands up but see they hold them / but the devil threatened to tear me into pieces
The apostrophe highlights how Faustus repeatedly refuses to take the blame for his sins and instead blames the demons/mephistopheles
He also mirrors the words of meph in 2,3 whereby said ‘devils shall tear thee into pieces’- manipulated
