- Faustus Character
Answer: Doctor Faustus is
a leading character. He is a brilliant scholar in sixteenth century Germany. He
has a thirst for knowledge, fame. Doctors Faustus is bored with the traditional
types of knowledge available to him. He wants more than logic, medicine, law
and religion. He wants magic. With the help of his two close friends Valdes and
Cornelius, he learn magic and called mephistophilis. Faustus signs a contract with lucifer . Lucifer is
the master of mephistophilis. Dr Faustus offer his soul in exchange for
twenty-four years of having
Mephistophilis and all his knowledge of magic at his beck and call.
After agreement, Dr Faustus get a magic power. He plays tricks on the Pope.
He make himself invisible and stealing pope’s food and smacking his ears.
For this reason he becomes famous and is invited to visit the German Emperor.
He plays another tricks on horse dealer. Dr Faustus sells a horse to the horse
dealer. When the dealer ride his horse into a stream it turned into a
heap of straw. He has the demon fetch
grapes for a pregnant Duchess, he conjures an image of Alexander the Great for
the Emperor. In this way he plays his tricks on people's. He misuse his magic
power. We see that how little satisfaction
he's actually gained from playing these small tricks, though, he cannot bring
himself to do it. He loses his soul permanently and goes to hell.
2.
Describe Seven deadly sins of Dr Faustus.
Answer: Dr.
Faustus” the tragic history of whole life and death of Dr. Faustus is written
by English dramatist Christopher Marlowe.In this Drama we have seen seven
deadly sins. Origin of seven deadly sins also known as a part of Christian
ethics is a branch of Christian theology ,depends on the concepts of “right”
(virtuous) and “Wrong” (sinful) behavior from a Christian perspective. The
Seven Deadly sins are describe as follows;
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PRIDE:
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ENVY :
• Object of such
feeling , desire for the qualities of another.
• In Dr. Faustus ENVY
appears when he saw a power of God.
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LECHERY:
• Sexual desires
• A lecherous act
• In Dr. Faustus
LECHERY appears when dancer who came from another world.
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WRATH:
• Extreme anger
• Forceful , violent
• In Dr. Faustus WRATH
appears when he is not able to do anything in his life as he was intelligent.
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GLUTTAONY:
• Excess in eating or
drinking
• In Dr. Faustus
GLUTTAONY appears when he wants much more power and position than others.
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SLOTH:
• Laziness
• Aversion to work
• Slow moving
• In Dr. Faustus SLOTH
appears when he got all kind of knowledge and he feels laziness from over
knowledge.
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COVETOUSNESS:
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In Dr. Faustus COVETOUSNESS appears
when he wants to get more and more and it is sign of this sin.
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3.
Dr. Faustus is that God is present or not.
Answer: Dr.
Faustus” the tragic history of whole life and death of Dr. Faustus is written
by English dramatist Christopher Marlowe.
Doctor Faustus does not
think of God, and Marlowe conspicuously leaves God’s presence out of the play,
for ultimately Faustus is a Renaissance man, a man “of dreams and aspirations
and, more particularly, his failures and illusions.” ((Masinton, 113) It
is not a desire to please God that drives Faustus, but rather a desire to
please Man and applaud him through his own power and successes. It is this reason that God is left out of the
bulk of the drama and the dramatic narrative. God is not a presence in
the mind of Faustus, and although Faustus is willing to recognize and deal with
demons and devils, he is not willing to recognize the ultimate Christian
authority of God, thereby leading to his own downfall and damnation. God is also left out of the action of the drama
because the actions and evil doings of Faustus, his cohorts, and the demons
involved are not under the direct influence of God as Maker or Designer.
That is why we tell that God is totally left out of the drama Dr. Faustus.
4.
Difference
between doctor faustus and Volpone.
Answer: The Difference
between the doctor faustus and volpone are as follows:
Dr Faustus: Doctor Faustus is a leading character of the Drama of
Dr. Faustus. He is a brilliant scholar in sixteenth century Germany. He has a
thirst for knowledge, fame. Doctors Faustus is bored with the traditional types
of knowledge available to him. He wants more than logic, medicine, law and
religion. He wants magic. With the help of his two close friends Valdes and Cornelius,
he learn magic and called mephistophilis. Faustus signs a contract with lucifer . Lucifer is
the master of mephistophilis. Dr Faustus offer his soul in exchange for
twenty-four years of having
Mephistophilis and all his knowledge of magic at his beck and call.
Volpone: Volpone is main character of Volpone play. His name
means "The Fox" in Italian. He is lustful, raffish, and greedy for
pleasure.He is a creature of passion, continually looking to find and attain
new forms of pleasure,whatever the consequences may be. He is also energetic
and has an unusual gift for rhetoric. He worships his money, all of which he
has acquired through cons, such as the one he plays on Voltore, Corbaccio, and
Corvino. Volpone has no children, but he has something of a family: his
parasite, Mosca, his dwarf, Nano, his eunuch, Castrone, and his hermaphrodite,
And rogyno. Mosca is his only true confidante. Volpone hates to make money
through honest labour or cold, he loves making it in clever, deceitful ways.
5.
Theme
of Volpone
Answer: Actually, Volpone
is, to many extents, based upon the humor theory. The main theme of volpone are
as follows:
Greed:The theme of greed pervades the entire play. It is
embodies by Volpone, Mosca, and all the "clients." In a sense, greed
defines the major conflict of Volpone.
Animalization: This beast/animal imagery in the language is used in
Volpone to represent the degeneration of the characters and moral abnormality
found in Venice, portraying the city as a hotbed of crime, knavery and lust.
Most of the characters names' are Italian words for animals: there are some
examples are:Volpone = Fox, Mosca = Parasitic Fly, Voltore = Vulture etc.
Parasitism: Although Mosca is the foremost parasite in the play,
Corvino, Corbaccio, and Voltore might well be considered parasites as well.
Metatheatricality: The theme of metatheatricality is revealing. Although
there are only a few scenes which qualify as plays-within-a-play, Jonson's
criticism of Elizabethan theater emerges from each. In 1.2, Mosca's account of
the transmigration of Pythagoras's soul is truly obscene.
Vengeance:Though it is sparingly present in the main plot, the theme
of Vengeance is much more prominent in the subplot of Volpone.
Deception: Like greed, deception pervades the entire play. As a
theme, deception has the effect of marking characters for punishment.
Knowledge/Ignorance: At any given time during the course of the
play's action, no characters on stage know as much as the audience; they are
all thus ignorant, though some are more ignorant than others.
6.
What
are the punishment of volpone.
Answer:Volpone is a
comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606,
drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable.
At the final screen of the
play we have seen that all the character is being punished who are cropped. The
punishment of volpone play are as follows:
Volpone and Moska: At the final screen we have seen that all the wealth
of volpone has been donated to patients and hospitals. since he was faking illness, he is going to be put in
prison in irons until he becomes really bent out of shape. Moska, the servant of Volpone is also a criminal. His
punishment is that in his whole life he is in prison and whipped him in rest of
his life.
Votore: In the Volpone “Act V scene 12 (the end)” we have seen that Voltore has to
Leave his legal business and disbarred and exiled from Venice for life.
Corbasico and Corvino: In the Volpone play the
punishment of Corbasico is that Corbaccio is stripped of his property (which is given to his son
Bonario), and Corvino is publicly humiliated, forced to wear donkey's ears
while being rowed around the canals of Venice.
7.
Importance
of subplot of Volpone.
Answer: The subplot usually often revolves around a central
character that plays a less central role in the main plot. Volpone has been
criticized for the fact that the central characters in its subplot-Sir Politic,
Lady Politic and Peregrine-play almost no role in the central plot.
The subplot usually often revolves
around a central character that plays a less central role in the main plot.
Act 4 Screen-1 and Act-4 Screen 4 nad Screen-5 are subplot which is very
important for volpone play.
Volpone has been criticized
for the fact that the central characters in its subplot-Sir Politic, Lady
Politic and Peregrine-play almost no role in the central plot.
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