Act 3 Scene 1

Question 1

‘He now is gone to prove ________’

Answer 1

Cosmography

Question 2

2 Quotes that link to the corruption of Faustus

Answer 2

-‘That I do long to see the monuments’
-‘Nay, Faustus, stay. I know you’d fain see the pope’

Question 3

Analyse ‘That I do long to see the monuments’ and ‘Nay, Faustus, stay. I know you’d fain see the pope’

Answer 3

-Faustus is corrupted
-Meph is tainting his soul and turning him into a jester

Question 4

3 Quotes that link showing the Catholic Church is corrupt

Answer 4

-‘Here is a dainty dish was sent me from the Bishop of Milan’
-‘This dish was sent me from the Cardinal of Florence’
-‘Sunnum bonum is in belly cheer’

Question 5

Analyse the 3 quotes that link showing the corruption of the Catholic Church

Answer 5

-The Catholic church’s corruption
-images of extravagance
-Pope is being worshiped and praised here

Question 6

2 stage directions showing comedy

Answer 6

(snatching the dish) (snatching the cup)

Question 7

Analyse the use of the stage directions (snatching the dish) and (snatching the cup)

Answer 7

-Conflict between Faustu’s desires for magic and reality
-slapstick comedy turning Faustus into a jester
-This structurally parallels Robin and Rafe

Question 8

‘it may be some ghost, ____ crept out of purgatory’

Answer 8

newly

Question 9

Analyse ‘it may be some ghost, newly crept out of purgatory’

Answer 9

-irony is used here
-Faustus current state of purgatory, perhaps the pope is suggesting F can still be saved

Question 10

Quote showing Faustus referring to the ceremony of excommunication

Answer 10

-‘Bell book and candle, candle book and bell// forward and backward to curse Faustus to hell’

Question 11

Analyse ‘Bell book and candle, candle book and bell// forward and backward to curse Faustus to hell’

Answer 11

-Marlowe uses a rhyming couplet - light hearted rhythm reflects Faustus’ weakness/naivety