Enron/Faustus Quote&Critics Flashcards
“We’re trying to change the world”
Enron/Ambition
“open, transparent marketplace” “dark, blind system”
Enron
“stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man”
Faustus
John Dee:
Faustus… ‘a seeker of knowledge to benefit mankind’
“waxen wings did mount above his reach”
Faustus/Ambition
“these necromantic books are heavenly”
Faustus
“mark-to-market party” “would only join”
Enron
“only came down for the champagne”
Enron
Michael Billington:
Enron… “of the global complicity in money worship”
“don’t understand the idea?” “standing around celebrating their ignorance”
Enron
“learned doctor”
Faustus
Mangan
Faustus…“the machinery and the world view of the morality play… to offset the potential attractiveness of Faustus’ daring.”