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appearance of Mephistopheles
Taylor/ Burton:
more contextual presentation of Mephistopheles’ entrance he enters covered in maggots
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contextual:
tried to create shock through horror rather than terror typical images of hell modern performances rely more on terror
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RSC:
Mephistopheles enters as Christ wearing a crown of thorns he enters as a child these also show Faustus rejecting innocence/ goodness rethink things in order to shock a modern audience
more contextual presentation of Mephistopheles’ entrance he enters covered in maggots
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contextual:
tried to create shock through horror rather than terror typical images of hell modern performances rely more on terror
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RSC:
Mephistopheles enters as Christ wearing a crown of thorns he enters as a child these also show Faustus rejecting innocence/ goodness rethink things in order to shock a modern audience
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2016 production
the 2 actors strike matches onstage whoever’s match burns down fastest plays Faustus other plays Mephistopheles
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carnivalesque
gluttony and feasting
licensed transgression
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overturning of hierarchies/ power imbalance
Faustus’ power
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lasted 24 hours before returning to normality
Faustus gets 24 years
licensed transgression
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overturning of hierarchies/ power imbalance
Faustus’ power
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lasted 24 hours before returning to normality
Faustus gets 24 years
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Marlowe
suspected homosexual
alleged spy
suspected atheist
Cambridge
death- stabbed in eye outside pub
from poor background
alleged spy
suspected atheist
Cambridge
death- stabbed in eye outside pub
from poor background
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Calvinism
Predestination the ‘elect’
lack of incentive to be moral arose from these ideas
lack of incentive to be moral arose from these ideas
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Mephistopheles’ connection to Lucifer
Greek:
me- negation
phos- light
philis- loving
Mephistopheles- not light loving
Lucifer- light bringer
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Hebrew:
mephitz- propagator
tophel- liar
Mephistopheles- propagator of lies
John 8:44- Lucifer ‘is a liar and the father of it’
me- negation
phos- light
philis- loving
Mephistopheles- not light loving
Lucifer- light bringer
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Hebrew:
mephitz- propagator
tophel- liar
Mephistopheles- propagator of lies
John 8:44- Lucifer ‘is a liar and the father of it’
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reformation
begins in Wittenburg (play is set here)
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afterlife
purgatory selling of indulgences
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Aristotle
audience should feel:
1- pity for the suffering of the character
2- fear it could be them
1- pity for the suffering of the character
2- fear it could be them
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scholar magician
Dr Dee 1527-1608
lack of distinction between magic and science
lack of distinction between magic and science
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humanism
reason and human dignity \> relationship with God
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discoveries
1522- Magellan first circumnavigation of the world
1543- Copernicus replaces Ptolemaic model of cosmos suggested the earth revolved around the sun
1543- Copernicus replaces Ptolemaic model of cosmos suggested the earth revolved around the sun
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classical allusions
prominent throughout
Icarus- flew too close to the sun
Prometheus- know from Frankenstein context
Icarus- flew too close to the sun
Prometheus- know from Frankenstein context
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Puritans
extreme Protestantism rising in England
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proto gothic
the sublime
the liminal
horror- body
terror- mind
the liminal
horror- body
terror- mind
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Written and published
Written around 1592 Published 1604 (B-text in 1616)
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The Faust Legend
German ‘Faustbuch’ details the exploits of a real scholar magician- Johann Faust
‘The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Dr John Faustus’ 1587
‘The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Dr John Faustus’ 1587
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wavering
1- Faustus wavers
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2- allegorical character enters and Faustus agrees with the last to speak eg. 2.1 (twice), 2.3 (twice) and 5.1
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3- reinforced certainty
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4- reaps the rewards
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2- allegorical character enters and Faustus agrees with the last to speak eg. 2.1 (twice), 2.3 (twice) and 5.1
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3- reinforced certainty
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4- reaps the rewards
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form and meter
blank verse ‘Marlowe’s mighty line’
minor characters speak in prose
minor characters speak in prose
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ending
increasing speed of time
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comic scenes
some reflect the plot in an exaggerated fashion
others are purely comedic relief once the play is getting darker
Faustus joins the comedic scenes as he degrades
others are purely comedic relief once the play is getting darker
Faustus joins the comedic scenes as he degrades
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Wagner
reflection of Faustus
clever servant
plays chorus at one point
ends speaking in blank verse
clever servant
plays chorus at one point
ends speaking in blank verse
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theatre context
end of Renaissance/ early Jacobean
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now writing for play houses, not to be toured on wagons etc
Marlowe would have been writing for an Elizabethan play house (apron stage, open air)
However, the B text is more ambitious in terms of stage effects so suggests that was written with an indoor Jacobean theatre influencing decisions
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more psychological realism developing but token, 2D characters are yet to disappear
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now writing for play houses, not to be toured on wagons etc
Marlowe would have been writing for an Elizabethan play house (apron stage, open air)
However, the B text is more ambitious in terms of stage effects so suggests that was written with an indoor Jacobean theatre influencing decisions
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more psychological realism developing but token, 2D characters are yet to disappear
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chorus
dates back to Greek tragedy where it was a group of people
omniscient
often used to outline the plot as stage effects were limited
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also developed in the context of English theatre
single character that fulfils largely the same role
going out of fashion by this point though as was beginning to be outdated due to advancements in stage effects and plot devices
omniscient
often used to outline the plot as stage effects were limited
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also developed in the context of English theatre
single character that fulfils largely the same role
going out of fashion by this point though as was beginning to be outdated due to advancements in stage effects and plot devices
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Medieval Morality Play
English
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originated from the Church
religious stories were put on by the Church as commoners could not read/write
toured on wagons and village greens
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sometimes Bible stories
often heavily didactic with an ordinary protagonist who battles challenges
they are always redeemed as they were supposed to show how you would reach salvation by living as a good Christian
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originated from the Church
religious stories were put on by the Church as commoners could not read/write
toured on wagons and village greens
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sometimes Bible stories
often heavily didactic with an ordinary protagonist who battles challenges
they are always redeemed as they were supposed to show how you would reach salvation by living as a good Christian
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aspects of a Medieval Morality Play that Marlowe keeps
good and bad angels
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7 deadly sins appearance
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Faustus is ordinary in the sense that he is ‘base of stock’
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7 deadly sins appearance
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Faustus is ordinary in the sense that he is ‘base of stock’
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aspects of a Medieval Morality Play that Marlowe diverges from
Old Man is not a character that would be ignored in a traditional morality play
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Faustus proves not to be ordinary
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7 deadly sins presented as a brief exhibit/ show rather than taken particularly seriously
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Faustus proves not to be ordinary
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7 deadly sins presented as a brief exhibit/ show rather than taken particularly seriously
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