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dr faustus by chrispher marlowe - Coggle Diagram
dr faustus by chrispher marlowe
dr faustus is warned by the good angel but is too hubris, he ignores her.
he listenes more the evil angle- tempted fasutus
faustus risks corruption of his soul, if faustus dabbles with magic
mephatophilles's master is lucifer
dr faustus's sign a pact with his blood to agree to sellin ghis soul in order for 34 years of unlimited power.
later he entertains a duke of duchess of producing grapes - > really worth selling his soul!!
dr faustus begs mephosotles at the end.
at the end, fr fausdtus is dragged into hell.
the whole play is a cautionary tale of forbiden knowlegde an ddamnation
characters
dr faustus: masterered the subjects of logic and medicine
smart, ambitious, inquisititive, wisdom of the world, driven to seek knowledge
restless and impatient intellect leads him to the acquisition of dark magic and the unlimted power he wants to receive.
his menace impulses take control
he turns his back on god and refuses every chance to repent.
mephastolpheilis
he recruits faustus and makes sure the doctor remians loyal to hell in the next 24 years.
mepahstoliplis is capable of suffering
mephatolipilis earlier on tries to convince fasutus not sell his soul.
books are a symbol in dr faustus
faustus rejects the science and english books, and then picks up a book a 'necromancy' - > this appeals to fasutus, then when faustus sells his soul and therefore signs the pact, mephasotlisps gives him an even better book, astrology and the natural sciences.
in faustus's final acts of despair, he wishes to burn the books encapudslates faustus rejecting magic in favour of salvation.
good and evil angels
they personify the conflict between the opposing values of the spirutal battle taking place in faustus's heart.
fear of damntation
signify human nature
good angel at the end is hovering above faustus to relfect salvation is always an option.
blood
blood is a symbol of life and life's connection to god
mephastolips insisits that the pact must be signed with dr fasutus's blood, as the dr literally hands over his soul to the devil. this causes faustus's soul to be bound to hell.
faustus still however has a chance to repent.
at the end, the old man pleades with faustus to shed one drop of blood to mingle with tears of repetence to save faustus's soul.
"I wish I could gush forth blood, instead of tears."
dr faustus very near to going to hell, sees an allusion of jesus's blood on the cross.
themes
knowldge over wisdom
hubris
greed
success
blindness metaphorically
hamartia
context
dr faustus grew up in a lower class family
marlowe was a contemorary of shakespeare and a leading playwright at the time.
the late 16th century was a period of religious conflict in england, with tensions between protestianism and catholistism.
the play was writtern during the english renaissiance period, a time of intellectual expansion and wauestioning of traditonal authroty.
faustus embodies the renaissance man - > seeking limitless knowldge but however facing tragic conseuwences for his overreach.