Faustus
Morality plays
Describe background of play (economic & social)
Shift from late feudalism to early capitalism
What act structure did Calderon use?
3 act structure
opening: issues+characters
2nd: conflict
3rd: resolution
What is use value and exchange value
Use value: how often you can use a commodity
Exchange value: how much you pay for a commodity
"Hyppogriff!" & Importance
Rossaura ; causes Audience to be uncertain about if the play is even real or not, sets theme of dream vs reality from start
Iambic blank verse
What is purpose of object?
For identification as characters trade objects around
What are Auto sacramentales
religious dramas that became secularised
What was the subject(s) that Marlowe was very interested in?
Occult, skeptical philosophy, alchemy
"I to the world am like a drop of water, that in the ocean seeks another drop."
Antipholus of Syracuse ; reveals his motivation for finding brother
What is one element of the play that Dr.Faustus has that the other two don't?
a Chorus
Explain Iambic pentameter, scansion, and iambs
one scansion —-> the style of metrical feet ; 5 iambs / metrical feet
Iambic usually 10 syllabs
What are corrales and carros
Corrales : Courtyard + apartments around + stage. Complex itself
Carros : Spanish version of pageant waggons
What were vagrancy laws? And their effects?
vagrancy laws" against actors --> force actors to settle
forced acting troupes to professionalize and become more structured.
What is last thing Faustus says? Importance of quote
"I'll burn my books!" ; Faustus' last desperate cry, prioritizes his books over all else
What is action and motivation?
Action: what characters want
Motivation: character's reason for wanting it
What are the four comedy subcategories?
Farces (humorous, fast paced, mistaken identities)
Romances (romances that don't end in death)
Problem (focused on particular social issues)
Mystery (draws on medieval mystery, showcase trade through spectacle)
What is determinism, voluntarianism, compatabilism, and existentialism?
Determinism: No free will
– Voluntarianism: Total free will, nothing is predetermined
– Compatabilism: Behavior determined by genetics; One inhabits the body.
– Extistentialism: Condemned to be free.
Explain superstructure and substructure
Change in superstructure(laws and behaviors/ideological part) reflects change in substructure( the world system/in capitalism: profit incentive)
"The king's dreams he's king, and he lives under this deception commanding, planning, and governing; his acclaim, which he receives on loan, he scribbles on the wind, where death turns it to ash." & Importance of this quote
Sigismund ; quote a microcosm of play, Sigismund pivotal turning point --> views life as a dream, questions political power
What stock names does Marlowe use in text?
Benvolio
How is Antipholus of Ephesus and Syracuse treated/acts differently in play? (
AOS: Pure of heart and rewarded for it
AOE: Violent, engages in immoral acts and punished for it with bad fortune
What style did Calderon write in and it's characteristics
Baroque drama, characterized by:
- Mythological references.
- Stylistic excess and complex, elaborate language.
- Intellectual complexity.
- Seen as stylistically similar to Marlowe's work
What are redende names
Name that sings
"Merryman" "Trueman"
"There's nothing situate under heaven's eye, But hath his bound in earth, in sea, in sky. The beasts, the fishes, and the wingèd fowls, Are their males' subjects and at their controls."
Luciana ; Luciana questions def of masculinity and gender roles, the scansion reveals her uncertainty