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  1. Jul 2019
    1. His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, heavens conspir’d his overthrow; For, falling to a devilish exercise, And glutted now[6] with learning’s golden gifts, He surfeits upon cursed necromancy; Nothing so sweet as magic is to him,

      Faustus put too much value in the pursuit of knowledge, even meddling in necromancy. As a result of this, his "wings melted" like Icarus, the "heavens conspired to overthrow" him.

    2. Sometimes like women, or unwedded maids, Shadowing more beauty in their airy brows Than have the[38] white breasts of the queen of love:

      metaphor- they will be loved and admired so much. similar to a young women that is more beautiful than a queen. The queen is already admired, but if you find something even more beautiful you will want to protect it.

    3. Know that your words have won me at the last To practice magic and concealed arts: Yet not your words only,[30] but mine own fantasy,

      He is excited to share that they have convinced him to practice magic. He has thought and dreamed about what it would be like and that excites him

    4. [Exit.]

      This play was a fun read. It was different from the dramatic and sweet stories, this was kind of dark and twisted in a way with the involvement of Lucifer I believe. Teaches the messages about the dark sides of life such as the evils, damnation and power which can end in bad situations. Gave the true perspective of the realities of life and not some magical ending that makes it all better.

    5. Sint mihi dei Acherontis propitii! Valeat numen triplex Jehovoe! Ignei, aerii, aquatani spiritus, salvete! Orientis princeps Belzebub, inferni ardentis monarcha, et Demogorgon, propitiamus vos, ut appareat et surgat Mephistophilis, quod tumeraris:[52] per Jehovam, Gehennam, et consecratam aquam quam nunc spargo, signumque crucis quod nunc facio, et per vota nostra, ipse nunc surgat nobis dicatus

      So like what does this mean? I assume its Latin, but like where's the translation

    6. GOOD ANGEL. Never too late, if Faustus can repent. EVIL ANGEL. If thou repent, devils shall tear thee in pieces.

      I believe that this represents his emotions inner conflicts. It is subconscious fighting with itself. and we, the audience, are shown this through a good and bad devil. Representing good and bad side.

    7. His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, heavens conspir’d his overthrow;

      Dr. Faustus reached too high, like Icarus, which led to his demise. An allusion to the story of Daedalus and Icarus.

    8. Exit.

      I think this is the "darkest" story we've read in this course thus far. I pretty much enjoyed it because it deals with contrasting themes that fascinate me, such as good vs. evil, damnaton vs. salvation, destiny vs. free will, and power vs. knowledge. This story somehow reminds me of The Canterbury Tales, since both stories question whether a sinner can be pardoned and the reasons why humans are aware of sin and damnation but are not totally understand its importance. Sadly, Faustus doesn't repent in the end, because his heart is "hardened," and he's always struggling to find reasons to renounce magic and repent. He never repents because he loses faith in God and of course, in himself.

    9. Sint mihi dei Acherontis propitii! Valeat numen triplex Jehovoe! Ignei, aerii, aquatani spiritus, salvete! Orientis princeps Belzebub, inferni ardentis monarcha, et Demogorgon, propitiamus vos, ut appareat et surgat Mephistophilis

      Let there be, will be gracious to me of God of Acherontis! Farewell, a threefold deity Jehovoe! The fire, air, the spirit of aquatani, welcome! Beelzebub the prince of the East, monarch of burning hell, and Demogorgon, be merciful to you, that he may appear and there should arise a Mephistophilis. Why do you delay? by "Jehovah", Gehenna, and this holy water which I now sprinkle, and the signal of the cross which I now make, and through our prayers, himself now there should arise a Mephistophilis dedicated to us! "

    10. quod tumeraris:[52] per Jehovam, Gehennam, et consecratam aquam quam nunc spargo, signumque crucis quod nunc facio, et per vota nostra, ipse nunc surgat nobis dicatus

      "What swells: By Jehovah, Gehenna, and this water which I now sprinkle, and the sign of the cross which I now make, and through our prayers, he dedicated to Azazel now arises in us!"

    11. Enter MEPHISTOPHILIS. I charge thee to return, and change thy shape; Thou art too ugly to attend on me: Go, and return an old Franciscan friar; That holy shape becomes a devil best.

      Mephistophilis' first appearance is dramatically effective as he appears so suddenly and in a horrifying shape. He symbolizes hell as it is a place of horror and damnation.

    12. Indian Moors

      Indian Moors were a grouping of people who existed in Sri Lanka predominantly during its colonial period. They were distinguished by their Muslim faith whose origins traced back to the British Raj. Therefore, Indian Moors refer to a number of ethnic groups such as Memons, Bohra and Khoja.

    13. I’ll levy soldiers with the coin they bring, And chase the Prince of Parma from our land, And reign sole king of all the[28] provinces; Yea, stranger engines for the brunt of war, Than was the fiery keel at Antwerp’s bridge,[29] I’ll make my servile spirits to invent.

      It seems that Faustus doesn't like being ruled by an Italian, the Prince of Parma, and it brings out his more violent side.

    14. !

      "May the gods of the lower regions favor me! Farewell to the Trinity! Hail, spirits of fire, air , water, and earth! Prince of the East, Belzelbub, monarch of burning hell, and Demogorgon, we pray to you that Mephistophilis may appear and raise. What are you waiting for? By Jehovah, Gehenna, and the holy water that I now sprinkle, and the sign of the cross that I now make, and by our vows, may Mephistophilis himself now rise to serve us."

    15. Agrippa

      I believe that this is referencing to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, a Roman consul, statesman, general and architect. He "was responsible for the construction of some of the most notable buildings in the history of Rome and for important military victories." Agrippa was responsible for furnishing the city of Rome with marble. Maybe Faustus us aiming to be as high achieving as Agrippa was in Rome. Faustus is also a philosopher, so it makes sense to he would look up to somebody like this.

      Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Vipsanius_Agrippa

    16. syllogisms

      According to Dictionary.com

      Syllogism - Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”

    17. And yet, methinks, if that death were near, He would not banquet, and carouse, and swill Amongst the students, as even now he doth, Who are at supper with such belly-cheer As Wagner ne’er beheld in all his life.

      Wagner is confused because Faustus is enjoying himself, which does not seem like the behavior of someone about to die.

    18. Oft have I thought to have done so; but the devil threatened to tear me in pieces, if I named God, to fetch both body and soul, if I once gave ear to divinity: and now ’tis too late. Gentlemen, away, lest you perish with me.

      Faustus is in despair, as the end of his deal with Lucifer is approaching.

    19. Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, And burned is Apollo’s laurel-bough, That sometime grew within this learned man. Faustus is gone: regard his hellish fall, Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise, Only to wonder at unlawful things, Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits To practice more than heavenly power permits.

      The chorus tells us that Faustus is gone and we need to see his downfall as an example of why we should not try to learn “unlawful things," and that we should learn from Faustus and set limits to what they seek to learn and know.

    20. HORSE-COURSER. I have been all this day seeking one Master Fustian: mass, see where he is!–God save you, Master Doctor! FAUSTUS. What, horse-courser! you are well met. HORSE-COURSER. Do you hear, sir? I have brought you forty dollars for your horse. FAUSTUS. I cannot sell him so: if thou likest him for fifty, take him. HORSE-COURSER. Alas, sir, I have no more!–I pray you, speak for me. MEPHIST. I pray you, let him have him: he is an honest fellow, and he has a great charge, neither wife nor child. FAUSTUS. Well, come, give me your money [HORSE-COURSER gives FAUSTUS the money]: my boy will deliver him to you. But I must tell you one thing before you have him; ride him not into the water, at any hand. HORSE-COURSER. Why, sir, will he not drink of all waters? FAUSTUS. O, yes, he will drink of all waters; but ride him not into the water: ride him over hedge or ditch, or where thou wilt, but not into the water.

      Faustus turns a bundle of hay into a horse and sells it to a horse-courser for forty dollars, warning him not to ride the horse into water.

    21. FAUSTUS GIVES TO THEE HIS SOUL: ah, there it stay’d! Why shouldst thou not? is not thy soul shine own?

      Does a man have free will to choose whom he'll serve, or does his soul already belong to God or the Devil from the moment he is born?

    22. Now, Faustus, must Thou needs be damn’d, and canst thou not be sav’d: What boots it, then, to think of God or heaven? Away with such vain fancies, and despair; Despair in God, and trust in Belzebub

      Faustus is still considering the possibility of salvation for himself. He seems almost desperate here.

    23. SECOND SCHOLAR. Were he a stranger, and not allied to me, yet should I grieve for him. But, come, let us go and inform the Rector, and see if he by his grave counsel can reclaim him.

      Second Scholar seems to be a more optimistic guy.

    24. Nay, then, I fear he is fallen into that damned art for which they two are infamous through the world.

      The scholars worry about Faustus keeping company with Valdes and Cornelius and therefore falling "into that damned art." I wonder why they see magic as damned art? Why is magic called damned art?

    25. The miracles that magic will perform Will make thee vow to study nothing else. He that is grounded in astrology, Enrich’d with tongues, well seen in[40] minerals, Hath all the principles magic doth require

      Cornelius says that Faustus shouldn't find magic too difficult as he knows astrology, languages, and geology, which are the basic principles of magic .

    26. Settle thy studies, Faustus, and begin To sound the depth of that thou wilt profess: Having commenc’d, be a divine in shew, Yet level at the end of every art, And live and die in Aristotle’s works.

      Faustus is trying to figure out what he wants to do. He does have many options such as philosophy, medicine, and law, but he thinks they are pointless and boring.

    27. In Germany, within a town call’d Rhodes: Of riper years, to Wertenberg he went, Whereas[4] his kinsmen chiefly brought him up.

      Faustus was born in a town called Rhodes in Germany, and he was raised by relatives in Wertenberg.

    1. If all the veins in our bodies were extended to rivers, and all the sinews to veins of mines, and all the muscles that lie upon one another, to hills, and all the bones to quarries of stones,

      I love all of the smiles he uses with body parts, it creates a fascinating imagery.

    2. Our hands ne’er touch’d the seals, Which nature, injured by late law, sets free. These miracles we did ; but now alas ! All measure, and all language, I should pass, Should I tell what a miracle she was.

      He was a faithful follower of religious beliefs, then he found his lover.

    3. Here lies my business, and here I will stay You go to friends, whose love and means present Various content To your eyes, ears, and taste, and every part ; If then your body go, what need your heart?

      Even though they won't be physically together, their hearts will be connected.

    4. But as all several souls contain Mixture of things they know not what, Love these mix’d souls doth mix again, And makes both one, each this, and that.

      This story is centered around the idea that love exists outside of the physical and that souls combine in the after life.

    5. But since my soul, whose child love is, Takes limbs of flesh, and else could nothing do, More subtle than the parent is Love must not be, but take a body too ;

      He describes how love is between two souls, not two physical bodies.

    6. O how feeble is man’s power, That if good fortune fall, Cannot add another hour, Nor a lost hour recall ; But come bad chance, And we join to it our strength, And we teach it art and length, Itself o’er us to advance.

      Men have no power, it's fate that determines how long we will live.

    7. Which is, to keep that hid.

      He did something but won't tell anyone what he did. Reminds me of the different stories of knights we've read, and to do something because it's the right thing to do and now because they want a reward or recognition.

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      Definitely shines a different light on woman than the last read. I love how Aemilia sticks up for women, backs it up with evidence and facts, and refers to the time of Adam and Eve. Pointing out that Eve was no more at fault than Adam each having a mind of their own and him having the knowledge but was too "weak" and ultimately giving in when he could of easily refused

    2. The Sunne grew weake, his beames no comfort gaue, While all greene things did make the earth their graue: Each brier, each bramble, when you went away,

      During winter the sun isn't as strong and in this time of the year is when plants lose their green color/ die

    3. To doe that which so many better can; Not that I Learning to my selfe assume, Or that I would compare with any man: But as they are Scholers, and by Art do write,

      saying men could write better than she because by art they are scholars

    4. Its she that must instruct and eleuate. My weake distempred braine and feeble spirits, Which all unlearned haue aduentur’d, this To writ of Christ, and of his sacred merits, Desiring that this Booke Her hands may kisse: And though I be unworthy of that grace, Yet let her blessed thoghts this book imbrace.

      also saying Elizabeth would grace her poem with her scholarly knowledge that Aemilia lacks

    5. When two such glittring Suns at once appeare; The one repleat with Sou’raigne Maiestie, Both shining brighter than the clearest cleare: And both reflecting comfort to my spirits, To find their grace so much aboue my merit;

      saying the "two glittring suns" meaning if Queen Anne and her daughter Princess Elizabeth read her poem, it would make her poem incredible and it would comfort Aemilia's spirit

    6. You will accept euen of the meanest line Faire Virtue yeelds; by whose rare gifts you are So highly grac’d, t’exceed the fairest faire.

      since all royal virtues are in the queen, Aemilia asks her to accept her to graciously accept her poem even the "meanest" line

    7. I humbly wish that yours may light on me: That so these rude unpollisht lines of mine, Graced by you may seeme the more diuine.

      she wants the queen to shine some light on her poem acknowledging that her poem is unpolished. If it were graced by the queen it would seem more divine