Doctor Faustus - Full Deck Flashcards
Drama Revision
What convention of Greek tragedy does the play open with?
A Chorus
The Chorus establishes Doctor Faustus as what type of figure?
An Everyman
Through his studies, Faustus has gained status and respect and become a respected _________.
Scholar
What technique is used in the following quotation: ‘Not [be found] marching in the fields of Trasimene…Nor sporting in the dalliance of love…Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds.’? (Chorus)
Repetition/Listing
‘base of _______’ (Chorus)
stock
What technique is used in the following quotations: ‘riper years of Wittenberg/fruitful plot of scholarism/sweet delight disputes’? (Chorus)
Semantic field
Which real life university did Faustus attend?
Wittenberg
What religious event is connected with Wittenberg University?
The Protestant Reformation of 1517. Martin Luther nailed his 95 thesis to the door of a church in the city.
Which radical professor of moral theology is associated with Wittenberg University?
Martin Luther
What did Martin Luther criticise?
The corruption of the Catholic Church
What dramatical device is used by playwriters to convey a character’s thoughts on stage?
Soliloquy
Which four key academic disciplines does Faustus consider in Act 1: Scene 1?
Philosophy, Law, Medicine and Divinity
What does the term ‘finite’ mean?
Limited in size or extent
‘Is to dispute well, logic’s chiefest _____?’ (1.1)
End
‘thou hast attain’d that _______’ (1.1)
End
‘hast thou not attain’d that ______?’ (1.1)
End
‘When all is done, ________ is best.’ (1.1)
Divinity
‘The reward of sin is death. That’s _______.’ (1.1)
Hard
‘Che sera, sera/What shall be shall be? Divinity, _________!’ (1.1)
Adieu!
What does Renaissance mean?
Re-birth
The Renaissance questioned beliefs and disciplines from which time period?
Medieval
What does omnipotence mean?
All powerful
What does deity mean?
God
‘Necromantic books are _________’ (1.1)
Heavenly
In the quotation: ‘Necromantic books are heavenly’, what is that attracts Faustus to black-magic?
The ability to be as powerful as a God (Omnipotent)
‘O, what a world of __________ and delight’ (1.1)
Profit
‘Of power, of honour, of _______________’ (1.1)
Omnipotence
‘A sound magician is a mighty _______’ (1.1)
God
‘Here, Faustus, try thy brain to gain a ________’
Deity
Which historical figure of Elizabeth I’s court is the character of Faustus apparently somewhat based on?
Dr John Dee
‘heap God’s heavy ________ upon thy head!’ (1.1)
Wrath
Who is Jove?
The King of the Roman gods
The Good and Evil Angels are stock characters from what type of plays?
Morality
The Good and Evil Angels are what type of device typical of morality plays?
Stock characters
In the quotation: ‘I am glutted with conceit of this!’, why does Marlowe use the adjective ‘glutted’ in particular? (1.1)
To link Faustus’ temptation to the sin of gluttony.
What is suggested about Faustus’ ambitions by having him talk about ‘gold’, ‘pearl’ and ‘silk’ whilst contemplating black magic in 1:1?
Superficial
Which King wrote Daemonologie?
King James I
What does Faustus ask Mephistopheles to change to upon first seeing him?
An old Franciscan friar
Why did Mephistopheles appear to Faustus?
Because he heard him ‘abjure the scriptures’
‘How _________ is this Mephistopheles?’ (1.3)
Pliant
‘I see there’s virtue in my __________ words.’ (1.3)
Heavenly
‘I am ____________ to great Lucifer’ (1.3)
Servant
What does hubristic mean?
Arrogant or excessively proud
‘Four and twenty years…live in all _________________’ (1.3)
Voluptuousness
‘This word ________________ terrifies not him.’ (1.3)
Damnation
‘_____________ spirits that fell with Lucifer.’ (1.3)
Unhappy
‘And are forever __________ with Lucifer.’ (1.3)
Damned
‘who saw the face of God/And tasted the eternal joys of heaven/Am not ______________ by ten thousand hells’ (1.3)
Tormented
‘O Faustus, __________ these frivolous demands.’ (1.3)
Leave
‘Learn thou of Faustus __________ fortitude.’ (1.3)
Manly
What Catholic practice was outlawed in the 16th century?
Mass
What attitude of Protestant England does the quotation: ‘Go, and return an old Franciscan friar/That holy shape becomes a devil best’ indicate?
Anti-Catholic
What event occurred in 1588 that helped fuel Anti-Catholic sentiment?
The Spanish Armada
What language does Faustus use to summon Mephistopheles?
Latin
What are the minor characters of Wagner and Robin meant to embody?
Faustus’ flaws. Wagner represents Faustus’ longing for power and Robin symbolises the way that Faustus is driven by lust.
‘tickle the pretty _________/plackets’ (1.4)
wenches
‘Call me Master ___________’ (1.4)
Wagner
‘_________ yourself presently unto me/or I’ll turn all the lice about thee into familiars’ (1.4)
Bind
What type of minor stock character is Robin?
The clown
‘would you teach me to raise up Banios and __________’ (1.4)
Belcheos
How is Mephistopheles different in 2:1 to 1:3?
He urges Faustus to sign the contract rather than warning him.
‘Now Faustus, must thou needs be ___________’ (2.1)
Damned
‘And canst thou not be _________.’ (1.4)
Saved
‘The God thou servest is thine own ___________’ (2.1)
Appetite
‘To him I’ll build an alter and a ____________’ (2.1)
Church
‘My blood __________, and I can write no more.’ (2.1)
Congeals
What is the significance of the Latin phrase ‘Consummatum est’ (it is finished) that Faustus utters when he signs the contract? (2.1)
These are the last words of Christ on the cross.
What does the term ‘Homo Fuge’ mean?
Fly, man.
‘let me have the fairest _______ in Germany’ (2.1)
Maid
Which character does Faustus mirror through his request for ‘the fairest maid in Germany’?
Robin
What did Calvinists believe?
Predestination - God decides if you go to heaven or hell when you are born
What did Lutherans believe?
The fate of your soul was determined by your actions on earth.
In the quotation: ‘must thou needs be damned…canst thou not be saved,’ (2.1) which religious view does Faustus embody?
Lutheranism
In the quotation: ‘Whither should I fly? If unto God, he’ll throw me down to hell’ (2.1) which religious view does Faustus embody?
Calvinism
‘And I will be thy ___________ and wait on thee.’ (2.1)
Slave
‘And then be thou as great as __________’ (2.1)
Lucifer