Act 1 Scene 1

Question 1

Name 3 quotes that can be linked to show Faustus’s desire to surpass human knowledge

Answer 1

-‘is to dispute well logics chiefest end?’
-‘thou hast that attained that end?’
-‘hast thou nit attained that end?’

Question 2

Analyse ‘The reward for sin is death, that’s hard’

Answer 2

-This is a deliberate misreading of the bible and shows Faustus leaning in to calvinist ideas as he attempts to be blissfully ignorant.

Question 3

‘necromantic books are ___’

Answer 3

heavenly

Question 4

Analysis for ‘necromantic books are heavenly’

Answer 4

-Faustus’s blasphemy shows the corruption of black magic which is sinful to the audience
-related to John Dee who was corrupted away from the court

Question 5

‘O, what a world of profit and delight/ Of power, of honour, of _________’

Answer 5

omnipotence

Question 6

Analyse ‘O, what a world of profit and delight/ Of power, of honour, of omnipotence’

Answer 6

-tricolon - shows his desire for godlike power and his superficial ambitions

Question 7

‘A sound magician is a mighty ___’

Answer 7

God

Question 8

Analyse ‘A sound magician is a mighty God’

Answer 8

-blasphemous language - F’s power is a delusion and Meph also has limited power

Question 9

‘Be thou on earth as Jove is in the ___’

Answer 9

Sky

Question 10

Analyse ‘Be thou on earth as Jove is in the sky’

Answer 10

-this is said by the evil angel trying to tempt F away from repentance - reflects f’s own greed and desires

Question 11

‘How am I glutted with _____ of this’

Answer 11

conceit

Question 12

Analyse ‘How am I glutted with conceit of this’

Answer 12

-F’s greed is linked to the sin of gluttony/over indulgence