Doctor Faustus

1) Now that the gloomy shadow of the night, longing to view Orion’s drizzling look, leaps from the Antarctic world to the pitchy breath.

Note: The words “gloomy” and “pitchy” are meant to reveal the great suffering of the hero’s mind.

2) Within this circle is Jehovah’s name, forward and backward anagrammatized the breviated names of holy saints…Then fear not, but be resolute and try the uttermost magic can perform.

Note: In this monolog, Faustus has made up his mind to stand against conventional morality and try to obtain true knowledge through his own efforts.

3) I charge thee wait upon me while I live to do whatever Faustus shall command, make the moon drop from her sphere or the ocean to overwhelm the world. /Had I as many souls as there be stars, I’d give them all for Mephistophilis! …The Emperor shall not live but by my leave.

Note: Faustus turns to the power of Devil so that he can obtain the power to change the world.

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