Faustus critics Flashcards
‘the audience are…
seduced and distracted at every turn’
‘enter Lucifer and four devils’ ‘A dragon appears briefly’
‘An idealised renaissance…
…scholar in the mode on contemporary polymath John dee’- a seeker of knowledge to benefit mankind
‘stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man’
marlowe needs ‘the machinery and the…
…world view of the morality play…to offset the potential attractiveness of Faustus’ daring’
‘Heaven’s conspir’d his overthrow’
In Dunster’s 2012 globe production,…
…the same character played Lucifer and the Head of the Church of Rome
‘cast down our footstall’
‘An orthodox…
…christian alogry’
‘(comedic scenes) render Faustus’…
…gruesome end all the more shocking’
‘limbs torn assunder’
‘Faustus questions and subverts…
… the era’s dominant religious and political ideologies’
‘Hell’s a fable’
‘agent of his…
…own damnation’
‘Go forward Faustus in that famous art’
‘symbol of humanities…
…aspirations, follies and impossible dreams’
‘his waxen wings did mount above his reach’
‘harrowing…
…denouement’
‘shall wait upon his heavy funeral’
‘Marlowe’s tormented hero is not…
…an Everyman figure but an exceptional individual’
‘base of stock’
