Act 1 Scene 2

Question 1

“ i wonder what has become of Faustus that was wont to make our schools ring with sic probo” -scholar 1

Answer 1

-seems to show concern for F, friendship is highlighted
- must have changed his habits as people who he used to spend time with no longer see him
-lost companionship taking up black magic
-comic interlude
-light relief between darker more intense scenes

Question 2

“God in heaven knows” “be attentive” - Wagner

Answer 2

• he mocks the scholars by refusing to tell them where f is
  -ironic that god in heaven knows when he’s participating in neromancy against gods will
  -irony makes the scene comic
  -elevating the seriousness
• instead he tells scholars to find him themselves by being ‘attentive’
• showings his ability to dispute and also to protect f, emulating ( matching) Faustus’
  intellectual powers and being comic
• helps to undermine the scholars suggesting scholarship is rather self indulgent and perhaps not as difficult as f thinks

Question 3

“ at dinner with Valdes and Cornelius” - Wagner

Answer 3

• he speaks in simple prose
• in Elizabethan drama lower characters spoke this ay
  -and he is the servant of F so has this low position

Question 4

“ i fear me nothing can reclaim him now”

Answer 4

• the choice of ‘ reclaim’ suggests fs choice has already damned him
  -and his fate is set out n front of him
• the scholars values knowledge but wont turn to necromancy