But, Faustus, thou must bequeath it solemnly, And write a deed of gift with thine own blood; For that security craves great Lucifer. If thou deny it, I will back to hell.
they are making Faustus sign this contract that he can do whatever he wants for 24 years and then goes to hell, but he has to sing it in his own blood because that's the agreement between him and Lucifer.
Enter MEPHISTOPHILIS.
what a coincidence that Mephistophilis shows up when the good and evil angel's try to convince him one way or the other.
WAGNER
Faustus's servant
unbridled
uncontrolled; unconstrained.
Thebe
Thebes is a city in Boeotia, central Greece. It played an important role in Greek myths, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus, Heracles and others.
Summer being passed away and nights grown long,
well, I'm sure they mean something diffrent.. but to me in the summer nights are shorter because it is still light by 8 pm.. but I'm sure he means that they feel longer.
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Part 3 was very hard to follow for me as well. It felt very skippy. The narrator was jumping to different story points so if you got inturpted it was hard to refocus on what was going on. The battle scenes with the dragon and Beowulf were so interesting to read because of the vivid detail in the passage. I think the main reason Beowulf wanted to fight the dragon is to protect his village and people but also to show that he is still a courageous king and deserves to be one. then he died but died fighting for his people.
When a chance came, he caught the hero 2690 In a rush of flame and clamped sharp fangs Into his neck. Beowulf’s body Ran wet with his life-blood: it came welling out.
Dangg! Beowulf dies from an crazy battle with the dragon which im assuming punctures his carotid artery since they say the dragon bites in to his neck. But i will say Beowulf was the one saying though out part 1 and 2 every mortals death is planed by god.
king of the Geats Raised his hand and struck hard At the enameled scales, but hardly cut through
I love reading this passage becasue the amount of detail allows you to picture exactly whats going on.
But I shall be meeting molten venom In the fire he breaths, so I go forth In mail-shirt and shield
I think beowulf is also saying in this passage that he would like to not use weponds like he did in the battle with Grendel. In that case the dragon would have an advantage of venom and fire, so hes allowing himself shelids and weponds so everyone starts the battle on fair grounds.
comrades
A companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization.
After many trials, He was destined to face the end of his days In this mortal world; as was the dragon, For all his leasehold on the treasure
I find it intresting that both Beowulf and the dragon are destin fro death.
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I think the thing that stood out to me personally reading part one and two is how much they believed that god had all the power over their fate and destiny. I also think it was so detail oriented that you could have a clear image of whats happening just from reading the text. as for the main passage i think beowulf was a good hear and leader in the aspect of courage and strength.
Your piercing eye Will dim and darken; and death will arrive, Dear warrior, to sweep you away.
this statment flows so well. i really life this quote.
How Almighty God in his magnificence Favors our race with rank and scope And the gift of wisdom; His sway is wide. Sometimes He allows the mind of a man Of distinguished birth to follow its bent, Grants him fulfillment and felicity on earth 1730 And forts to command in his own country
Again we come back to the concept of God rules how ones life will play out.
heroic feats.
heroic action such as courage and stregnth.
But death is not easily Escaped from by anyone: All of us with souls, earth-dwellers And children of men, must make our way To a destination already ordained Where the body, after the banqueting, Sleeps on its deathbed.
I love what this passage is saying. its saying that everyone has to face death at some point and no living human can escape that fact.
Almighty God rules over mankind And always has.
I fell like they keep emphasizing that everything destin in your life god controls.
life-and-death Fight with the fiend. Whichever one death fells 440 Must deem it a just judgment by God.
beowulf fully believes that god determines everyones time of death and its not up to you if you die or not its all in the hands of god.
ply
Honestly, had no idea what this word was so I thought I'd provide a definition for everyone else.
Its a thickness or layer of a foldedor laminated material.
The Almighty Judge 180 Of good deeds and bad, the Lord God, Head of the Heavens and High King of the World, Was unknown to them
This sounds like the speaker is confused about who is his god or who he needs to go to for help. Also when eading this sentence it has a feeling of sorrow or guilt.
To the evidence of his eyes, the obviousness Of that hall-watcher’s hate? Whoever escaped Kept a weather-eye open and moved away.
This sentence is a bit confusing to me. is it saying that grendel sees this very black and white. evil or good?
what do yall think?
heir
A person inheriting and continuing the legacy of a predecessor.
They shouldered him out to the sea’s flood
When Shield dies they did a barial at sea, which I believe represents he was still very respected after he passed and the people still admired what he did.
prudent
acting with or showing care and thought for the future.
Spear-Danes in days gone by And the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness.
I find it intresting that Spear-Danes is known and celebrated for courage before anything else; back then it symbols a great king. Now in our society today we look for diffrent qualities in a leader.