Doctor Faustus - Act 5, Scene 1 Flashcards

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“My master means to die shortly”

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  • Time has shifted : emphasises foolishness of wasting his time in frivolity.
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“Who are at supper with such belly-cheer”

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  • Parallels Act 3 which mocked Catholocism.
  • Motif of indulgence : emphasises gluttonous desire, base desires
  • Penultimate moment, lack of morality
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“Be like the feast is ended”

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  • Religious allegory to the last supper : subversion of Jesus (debased)
  • Distracts himself from fate mirroring Jesus
  • Creates irony, Jesus is holy Faustus has behaved immoral
  • Emphasises Faustus as evil and foolish
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