Faustus Quotes Flashcards
Quote by Faustus, regarding his decision to stick with the Devil
‘O, this feeds my soul!’
Quote comparing Faustus to Icarus
‘His waxen wings did mount high above his reach’
Quote about the reward of sin
‘The reward of sin is death. That’s hard.’
Quote about how Faustus views his books
‘These necromantic books are heavenly
Quote about skilled magicians
‘A sound magician is a mighty god.’
The Good angels first warning to Faustus
‘O Faustus, lay that damned book aside and gaze not on it, lest it tempt thy soul’
Faustus is exited by the thought of necromancy
‘How I am glutted with conceit of this’
Faustus resolves to dominate foreign countries for resources
‘I’ll have them fly to India for gold, ransack the ocean for orient pearl’
Cornelius’ advice to Faustus, on how magic will aid him
‘The miracles that magic will perform will make thee vow to study nothing else.’
Faustus declares his intent that evening, the first night he conjures
‘This night I’ll conjure, though I die therefore.’
Faustus has been drawing (Stage direction)
‘He draws a circle’
Description of Faustus’ circle
‘Within this circle is Jehovah’s name, forward and backward anagrammatised.’
Mephistopheles appears, ugly.
‘I charge thee to return and change thy shape. Thou art too ugly to attend on me, Go and return an old Franciscan friar
Faustus really wants Mephistopheles
‘Had I as many souls as there be starts, I would give them all for Mephistopheles’
Robin has a friend as foolish as Faustus
‘I know he would give his soul to the Devil for a shoulder of mutton though it were blood raw’
Upon Robin’s vile devils leaving him
‘What, are they gone? A vengeance on them! They have vile long nails’
Wagnar increments the Great Chain of Being
‘turn thyself into anything, to a dog, or a cat, or a mouse, or a rat or anything.
Robin wishes to be a…
‘pretty frisking flea that I may be here and there and everywhere. O I’ll tickle the pretty wenches’ plackets!’
Faustus’ initial psychosomatic struggle begins
‘Abjure this magic, turn to God again
Ay and Faustus will turn to God again
To God? He loves thee not.’
Faustus wishes to farm adrenochrome
‘To him I’ll build an altar and church and offer lukewarm blood of new-born babes’
The angels try to help Faustus’ struggle
‘Sweet Faustus, think of heaven and heavenly things.’
‘No, Faustus; think of honour and wealth’
O come, o come Emmauel
‘Veni, veni, Mesophile!’
Faustus is frightened because he cannot bleed.
‘My blood conceals, and I can write no more.’
Faustus cannot fly
'’Homo, fuge!’ Yet shall not Faustus fly.’
