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dr. faustus - Coggle Diagram

- - - - ransack the ocean for orient pearl
    - - I am by nature phlegmatic, slow to wrath, and prone to lechery -wagner
  - - - he reward of sin is death. that's harsh
    - - scholar "I fear me nothing can reclaim him now" [faustus]
    - - "I repent and curse thee, wicked Mephistopheles"
      - my hearts so hardened can not repent
  - - - though art too ugly to attend on me.
      - "full of obedience and humility! such is the power of magic and MY spells"
      - reason Lucifer was kicked out of heaven was "o, by aspiring pride and insolence"
  - - - a sound magician is a mighty god
      - necromantic books are heavenly
      - the reward of sin is death. that's harsh
      - tis magic, magic that hath ravished me
      - divinity is basest of the three (law physics, philosophy, religion)
    - - Wagner "god I. heaven knows" - about where faustus is atm - links to predestination however he said It mockingly which undermines religion subtly
      - scholar "I fear me nothing can reclaim him now" [faustus]
    - - after summoning Mephi, he tells him to go change into an "old Franciscan friar" - seeks comfort in religion despite current goals to turn away from it
      - when we hear one rack the name of god, [...] we fly in hope to get his glorious soul" - demonstrates depth of blasphemy which would have resonated with societal beliefs/ fears of an audience
      - Lucifer an angel once? how did he loose his position? (paraphrased). "O, BY ASPIRING PRIDE AND INSOLENCE" - mephi about luci
  - - - "faustus manly fortitude"
  - - - "he speaks dutch" - Wagner about Robin after he speaks latin - demonstrates that the achievements of the "renaissance man" go unappreciated by those who lack education and therefore any power the thinkers has is ultimately empty
- - - - a person who is well educated and sophisticated and who has talent and knowledge in many different fields of study
      - revival of these ideals during late 1500 and early 1600 (Faustus was published in 1604)
      - knowledge= held at centre
      - influenced Allusions to classical myths such as Icarus
  - - - religion was heavily intertwined with the state.
        
        reformation of the church
        
        Calvinism and predestination
        
        catholicism - was viewed of as in need of a reform
      - Karma
      - Fate
      - Puritans regarded theatre as sinful.
  - - - Aristotles tragic hero
- - - - makes a pact with Mephistophiles - soul for 24 years of power
      - 2.1 "my blood congeals and I can write no more"
    - - the good angel represents Faustus' morality/ subconscious thoughts. the battles between the two angels is a visual representation of his internal conflict
  - - - important because they act as a stylist to the plot by encouraging Faustus to endulge
    - - "give his soul to the devil for a shoulder of mutton, though it were blood raw" - foreshadows later trickery & conveys the human condition of greed
      - Wagners presence is there to add comedy and wit with word play and also mirrors that main plot in a light hearted way