Enron: A1 S1 lay to roe
Faustus feared settling for most powerful man
You settled for fourteenth most powerful woman in the world
Enron: A1 s2 Skilling to Roe
overdramatic about power, childish
Will I have to call you Madam President?
Enron: A1 s3
Bill clinton is being mocked as a person of power, real speech. Dramatic irony, faustus mocks pope .corruption and deceit
Bill Clinton (on screen) I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie. Not a single time. Never
Enron: A1 s4 stage directions
Proxemics aggression masculine power being asserted
Fastow goes for Trader 2, physically. He gets right in his face, aggressively
Enron: A1 s4 Fastow to traders
Hubris- believes he has power, pitiful, power dependant on status
I’ll remember that when I’m CFO
Enron: A1 s5
Alludes to the fact that Fastow is overreaching and can't keep up with his colleagues at enron. Could also link to Blockbuster not being ready for the world and overall being a flop.
the symbol of the treadmill
“Fastows running machine, hurling the younger man from his treadmill”
Enron: A1 s7 Roe to Skilling
Power and corruption as she has connections he doesn’t
I came by to say an old friend of mine from college emailed. He’s a professor at Harvard now.
Enron: A1 s7 Roe to Skilling
Roe challenges Skilling too much, absolute power
Declaratives- certainty
Yeah. You look good, by the way.
Enron: A1 s9
Proxemic shows power dynamic
Skilling is approached by Lay
Enron: A1 s9 Stage directions of Roe
Taking control of party, willing to challenge and hold ethics. Represents change, feminist audience would see as female power
Roe begins a countdown to welcome in the new millennium. Others eventually join in.
Enron: A2 s2 Skilling to Fastow
Masculinity and power. Males gain power from virility and strength
She things her balls are cut off, what about my balls?!
Enron: A2 s3 Lay to skilling
Limitation to power
Can’t even smoke these indoors anymore.
Enron: A2 s3 Roe to Skilling
Power refusing to be a victim
I was not fired. I resigned
Enron: A2 s7 Skilling to us
Dark humour, cruelty, power gone to head, foreshadowing down fall
At least when the Titanic went down the lights were on
Enron: A2 s9 Skilling to Analyst
Final power lost. Inner culture leaking out. Lack of care
Asshole
Enron:A3 s4 Woman to Skilling
Proud of masculinity (toxic), lack will destroy. Masculinity= power
I hope your dick falls off!
Faustus: A1 s1
Skilling’s transformation, limitless capabilities, renaissance men, wants to be a god
Yet art thou still but Faustus, and a man.
Faustus: A1 s1
Enron= smartest guys, Faustus= become godlike or gain a god. a master of dark magic is equal to a god
Here, Faustus, try thy brains to gain a deity.
Faustus: A1 s3
Accidental show, no actual power. Superficial
Did not my conjuring speeches raise thee?
Faustus: A1 s4 Robin to Wagner
Corruption through fear , chain of corruption, wishing for power and escape from life. Power spreads through classes
Would you teach me to raise up Banios and Belcheos?
Faustus: A2 s1
Metaphor- King Herald killed babies to maintain power, sacrifice innocence for power
And offer lukewarm blood of new-born babes
Faustus: A2 s1 Meph to Faustus
Comparing power, holding human against god-like power, blasphemous and misleading as he actually received little power
And then be thou as great as lucifer.
Renaissance man- Leon Battista Alberti (1404-72)
A man can do all things if he will
Faustus: A3 s2 Globe theatre production
Faustus’ power seems pitiful
Highlights summoning as accidental by using gibberish
Faustus: A4 s1 Faustus to emperor
Limit to his power, can only summon shadow, not god-like
It is not in my ability to present before your eyes the true substantial bodies
1604
Faustus text A published
James is proclaimed king of UK, new church rules 300 puritan clergy resign