in Doctor Faustus — Marlowe, Christopher; Anonymous (?)
Metadata
Play
Doctor Faustus
Author
Marlowe, Christopher; Anonymous (?)
Year (catalogued)
1604
First performance
1592
Decade
1600s
Genre
Tragedy
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
Unknown
Speech prefix(es)
Em. | emp. | emp: | Em
Words
406
Characters
2193
Typicality
0.33 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A07009
BritDrama no.
810
Cluster
Cluster 2 — Allegory, Nature & pageant voices
Important excerpts
Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 2 (horestes, quha, weill, bohor, sysimethres, griselda…). Matches are highlighted.
riches, subdued so many kingdoms, as we that do succeed, or they that shall hereafter possess our throne, shall (I fear me) ne ver attain to that degree of high renown and great autho ritie, amongst which kings is Alexander the great, chief spectacle of the world's pre-eminence, The bright shining of whose glorious acts Lightens
Full speech
Master doctor Faustus, I have herd strange re port of thy knowledge in the black Art, how that none in my Empire, nor in the whole world can compare with Thee, for the rare effects of Magic: they say thou hast a familiar spirit, by whom thou canst accomplish what thou list, this therefore is my request that thou let me see some proof of that skill, that mine eyes may be witnesses to confirm what mine ears have herd reported, and here I swear to Thee, by the honour of mine Imperial crown, that what ever thou dost, thou shalt be no ways prejudiced or endamaged. Then doctor Faustus, mark what I shall say, As I was sometime solitary set, within my Closet, sundry thoughts arose, about the honour of mine ancestors, how they had won by prowess such exploits, goat such riches, subdued so many kingdoms, as we that do succeed, or they that shall hereafter possess our throne, shall (I fear me) ne ver attain to that degree of high renown and great autho ritie, amongst which kings is Alexander the great, chief spectacle of the world's pre-eminence, The bright shining of whose glorious acts Lightens the world with his reflecting beams, As when I hear but motion made of him, It grieves my soul I never saw the man: If therefore thou, by cunning of thine Art, Canst raise this man from hollow vaults below, where lies intombde this famous Conqueror, And bring with him his beauteous Paramour, Both in their right shapes, gesture, and attire They us e to wear during their time of life, Thou shalt both satisfy my joust desire, And give me cause to praise Thee while I live. Master Doctor, I herd this Lady while she lived had a wart or moale in her neck, how shall I know whither it be so or no? How now sir Knight? why I had thought thou hadst been a bachelor, but now I see thou hast a wife, that not only gives thee horns, but makes Thee wear them, feel on thy head. Sure these are no spirits, but the true substantial bodies of those two deceased princes. One of you call him forth. Good Master Doctor, at my entreaty release him, he hath done penance sufficient. Farewell master Doctor, yet ere you go, expect from me a bounteous reward. Go to master Doctor, let me see them presently.
Plot summary
Plot — Doctor Faustus
DrFaustls is dissatisfied with the limited rewards and power offered by traditional academic disciplines, including logic, medicine, law, and divinity, and instead turns to magic. He conjures up a devil, Mephistopheles. Partly confident that this act has already damned him, and partly out of disbelief in Hell, Faustus proposes a bargain: 24 years of guaranteed life and pleasure, with Mephistopheles as his servant, in exchange for his soul. Mephistopheles secures Lucifer’s agreement, and Faustus writes out a deed of gift in his own blood; Mephistopheles distracts him from his doubts with a show of Ganeinglaevils. Faustus’ first request is for a wife, but Mephistopheles brings him a cross-dressed devil and persuades him to embrace promiscuity rather than marriage. He discourses with Mephistopheles about astronomy, but the devil refuses to answer his theological questions. When Faustus seems ready to repent, DWGifEH arrives and distracts him with a show of Hi@§S@VenuDeadly Sins. Faustus journeys into space in a chariot drawn by dragons, to study astronomy at close quarters. He next ===== PAGE 422 ===== travels to Rome, where Mephistopheles makes him invisible. At a papal banquet, he snatches the Pope’s food and boxes his ears; the clerics take him for a ghost and attempt an exorcism. RObin steals one of Faustus’ magic books and attempts to impose his will on Rafe. He conjures up Mephistopheles, who is not pleased to be summoned all the way from Constantinople, and turns Robin into an ape. Faustus becomes famous, and the Emperor invites him to demonstrate his magic at court. He is mocked bya knight, who doubts his powers. After conjuring up the spirits of Alexanderithe!Great and his paramour to -the Emperor’s satisfaction, Faustus punishes the knight by giving him horns. On his way home, he sells his horse to @j@ealér, but tells him not to ride the animal through water. The horse-dealer ignores this injunction, and the horse turns into a bundle of hay in mid-stream, so that the dealer gets a. ducking. Attempting to wake Faustus to get his money back, the dealer pulls off his leg (which alarms him more than it does Faustus). Faustus also has Mephistopheles fetch out-of-season grapes from the other side of the world to satisfy HREUDUCHESSIORAMNAIE’s pregnancy craving. Back in Wittenberg, Faustus uses his magic to show Heleniof Troy to a group of his fellow scholars. An old man persuades him to repent, but Mephistopheles restores his allegiance to Lucifer with…