Spectacle Flashcards
How is spectacle performed in Faustus?(4)
“A dragon briefly appears”
“Hot Whores”
“Fireworks appear”
The mouth of hell visible on stage
F CRITIC
What does Max Bluestone say about the end of the play?
“Faustus’s end is ambiguous”
What hubristic nature does Faustus use in the dragon scene?
Spectacle
“From pole to pole these dragons swiftly glide”
What does (foil to Faustus) Wagner say about Faustus to make the audience sympathise with Faustus?
Sympathy
“He would give his soul for a shoulder of mutton “
What does the good/bad angel say to Faustus?
“Go forward Faustus in that famous art”
What does the phrase, Go forward Faustus in that famous art, suggest?
Serpentine, evokes imagery of snake in Adam and Eve.
And parallels satan with faustus
What does Faustus reference the seven deadly sins as?
Trickery
“golden gifts”
What does an Enron Lawyer say at the very start mocking society and lying to the audience about the truth?
“Sell it to you as the truth”
What is initiated in the very beginning prologue?
What is its function? (3)
“The have the heads of mice”
Childish
foreshadowing something bad is going to happen
hubristic
What do the raptors do?
depict the health and vitality of the company on stage as the crisis deepens
What quotation references the red box?
Explain…
“Box glows red and throbs”
red closely associated with hell
throbs = heart therefore hell is at the heart of the company
E CRITIC
Due to the quotation “We only came for champagne” what did a critic Billington say about this?
“greed stems from the worship of money”
What were shadow companys represented as?
And what were the shadow companys for?
Spectacle
Raptors
Consume debt
What 2 quotes, from each text, link together at the very start and how?
“The have the heads of mice”
“And now to patients judgements we appeal”
