Scenes Flashcards
Scene 1
Decides to study black magic
Scene 2
Comedy scene - scholars ask Wagner where Faustus is - they express fear he may be damned
Scene 3
Summons Mephistopheles
They arrange to meet and seal bargain
Scene 4
Wagner finds a clown and offers him food and lavish clothing in return for him being his servant - parallels Faustus’a deal
Scene 5
Signs soul to devil
Good and Bad Angel try try to convince him otherwise
Ends up on Lucifer’s side at the end of the scene
Scene 6
2 men plan on using a stolen magic book from Faustus to satisfy their appetite of drink and women
Chorus 2
He’s gone to Rome and rode a chariot up to top of Olympos
Scene 7
Faustus disrupts the Pope’s feast and turns invisible
Scene 8
Robin and Rafe attempt to steal goblet and are punished by Mephistopheles
Chorus 3
Faustus has returned home and greeted his friends before meeting Emperor Charles V
Scene 9
Faustus gives the a emperor a magic show, by conjuring an appearance of Devils precisely resembling Alexander the Great and his consort
He cause horns to appear on the head of a sceptical knight before making plans to end his days in Wittenburg
Scene 10
Faustus plays a series of tricks on a horse trader
Scene 11
Faustus impresses Duke and Duchess of Vanholt by obtaining ripe grapes in the middle of winter
Scene 12
Faustus conjures a vision of Helen of Troy
An old man advises him to repent but Mephistopheles changes Faustus’s mind, bribing him with Helen as a lover
Scene 13
Faustus explains the contract to the scholars
He passes his last night on Earth alone, and goes to hell at midnight, screaming