prologue/act 1 Flashcards
divinity
study of gods/religion/figures
necromancy
dark magics
prodigy
genius
discipline
area of study
why is faustus relatable to martin luther
both were radical professors
soliloquy
one character speaking to the audience
why was luther angry at the catholic clergy
they were selling indulgences (forgiveness for sin) making religion unavailable to everyone
omnipotence
all knowing
what is a deity figure
god figure
what era did Marlowe live through
Elizabethan
when was dr Faustus first performed
1588
what quote relates faustus to icarus
“waxen wings”
hamartia
fatal flaw
what university did luther AND faustus go to
wittenburg (they were both radical professors here)
contemporary society
society at the time in which play/novel is published
everyman
ordinary relatable character
why did fautus stop studying divinity
to study necromancy as his knowledge for divinity comes to an “end”
who is mephistopheles
a worshipper of Lucifer
Machiavellian
cunning/scheming
“I am a servant to ______ Lucifer”
great
“I came _______ of my own accord”
hither
“thou art too _____ to attend me “
ugly
“I see there’s _______ in my ________ words”
virtue/heavenly
stock characters
typical of morality play
what quotes are in Faustus’ semantic field of opulence
“ill have them fly to India for gold”
“ill have them read me strange philosophy”
“ill have them wall all Germany with brass”
“ill have them fill the public schools with silk”
“________ books are __________”
necromantic/heavenly
what technique is used and what does it show? “of power, of honour, of omnipotence”
anaphoric listing of abstract nouns shows Faustus’ need to gain of god like qualities
what does galen represent
medicine
what does Aristotle represent
philoshoper/causation
what does Justinian represent
law
