Act 2 Scene 2 Flashcards
“When i behold the heavens, then i repent” - f
- turning to repentance again opening the scene
- links the ideas martin Luther had, who was the founder if Protestantism
- in his 95 thesis written in 1517
-says hoe we can all be forgiven if we are faithful - f plants to be faithful by beholding the heavens so he can repent
“I will renounce this magic and repent” - F
-second suggestion of repentance
-he’s having doubt
“Faustus repent yet, god will pity thee”- good angel
- she encourages him to repent
- she acts like a catholic reminding Faustus he can repent at any time
“Ay but Faustus never shall repent” - bad angel
- speaks last as usual
- causing f to change his mind about repentance
- structured this way purposefully
- good and evil angel show the morality play
As they are allegorical characters - before evil angel speaks he takes the view of the good angel and believes
- “god will pity me if i repent”
- then the final persuasion from evil angel changes his mind again
- hi vacillation may play with an audience and keep them engaged
“My heart I hardened, i cannot repent” f
-conflicted and changes his mind again
- could fit in with the Calvinist theory and be predestined to be damned
- lines reflect the lines of William Perkins from th introduction, who is Calvinist who says
- ‘after a certain time god in his judgement hardeneth their hearts’
“ fearful echoes thunders in mine ears, ‘ Faustus , thou art damned’ ” - f
- he’s hearing things
- he says he hears voices telling him he’s damned so he can’t repent
- they are torturing him
“Long ere I should have done the deed “ - f
-says before magic he had considered suicide
- this is a sin, as god gave life so its wrong to take it away
- somewhat blasphemous to audience members but perhaps modern audiences would be more sympathetic as we understand now mental health and accept it more
“And argue of divine astrology” - f
Overriding need for know ledge
“These are slender trifles Wagner can decide!”
- the answers are simple given by M
- even his servant knows
- m isn’t as intelligent as Faustus thought
- or is m not giving him more information for a reason
- could be outsmarting him instead
“ tell me who made the world” - f
“I will not”
- f demands the answer f who created the world
But m refuses - he cannot admit it is god As he cannot let F believe there is a god as this would probably cause repentance
- he’s manipulating him
“Think tho on hell Faustus for thou art damned” - M
-trying to get him to change the topic
“If thou repent devils shall tear thee in pieces” bad angel
“Repent and they shall never rase they skin” - good angel
- good angel speaks last on this occasion
- perhaps done to heighten the drama and tension
- because if f is to follow his usual patterns of obeying the last to speak he may be about to repent
- it acts as a dramatic device to heighten the tension and to disappoint the audience when he doesn’t actually repent
“That sight will be as pleasing unto me as paradise was to Adam the first day of creating” - F
- turn back to religion again despite wanting to watch the parade
- suggest a part of him believes
“ talk of not paradise or creation, but mark the show” - lucofer
- distracting him from talking about things to do with Christ
“O this feeds my soul” - f
- shows his weakness as he’s easily persuaded
- he shows greed pride and lechery
- the other ins may be to show what more he can do
- show is againt the morality play as is teaches Faustus the wrong way to be rather than the moral way
- can be said that f is juts an exaggerated version of us all who wants wealth and great things
- natural part of th human condition to want this
- his are just exaggerated to the extreme
- the every man
- in the 2005 Liverpool playhouse production the seven deadly sins appeared in similar costumes to what f was wearing
- indicted he himself is guilty to each and every one of the sins
“I shall send for thee at midnight”- lucifer
- closes on an ominous scene of what is to cone for f
- enhances foreboding
