Literary Analysis of Doctor Faustus

The emphasis on the individual

To describe and comment on the play's unfolding plot with singing, dancing, and choral odes

Wittenberg, a university, is where Faustus studies

<p>A confrontation between a Renaissance man who rejects God's authority and the Middle Ages belief that God's laws govern all</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To serve as the voice of the everyday citizen passing judgment on the tragedy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tragedy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It decreased in importance and provided less commentary</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Historic, saintly, or heroic figures</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The monarchy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That Faustus will never repent</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That Faustus' choices have led to his downfall</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because of its sensitive nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is derived from medieval German mythology</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They blurred the line between the two</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>German author Johann Goethe</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nature of his choices and their consequences</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He writes it backward and forward and rearranges it to form different words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Valdes and Cornelius.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They go off to inform the head of the university.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Latin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He doesn't explicitly command Mephastophilis to do anything; instead, he judges him to be 'too ugly to attend on me' and sends him off to change his shape.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Magic or conjuring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It shows that knowledge and mental agility are prized at the university.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He engages them in a bit of verbal sparring before telling them that his master is at dinner with Valdes and Cornelius.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Turn them into evil spirits that will tear him to pieces.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is troubled by doubts about the choice he has made.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two devils, Baliol and Belcher.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Renounce magic, repent, and attain heaven.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The possibility of repentance and attaining heaven.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because he is impressed by Wagner's demonstration of magic and wants to learn how to summon devils and perform other feats of magic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An alternating pattern of serious and comic scenes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The honor and wealth he will gain through his use of magic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An ostler (A-Text) or a clown (B-Text)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Devils will tear him to pieces</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Never to invoke Christ's name or think of God</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because it is against the pact Faustus made with him</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It highlights the moral conflict within Faustus and the consequences of his choices</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some A-Texts place it later, after Act 3, Scene 1, while some B-Texts place it after Faustus views the Seven Deadly Sins</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lucifer, Belzebub, and the Seven Deadly Sins</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is giving up his chances of salvation through Christ's intervention</p> Signup and view all the answers