USEOFSOLI

LOQUY I
N“DOCTOR FAUSTUS”

I
ntr
oduct
ion:

Literallysolil
oquymeanst al
kingt ohimsel faloudwhenaper sonisal oneori ssupposed
tobeal one.I napl ayi tmeanst het alkingont hepar tofthechar acterregardl
essoft he
presenceofhear er
s.Fr om t hev eryday sofanci entdr amatistssol
i
loquyhasbeenused
asat echnicaldev iceofconsi derablei mpor tance.I thasbeengener allyusedsomet i
mes
tosuppl yinformat i
onr egardingt heplotandatsomeot hertimetor evealthesecr et
wor ki
ngsi nt hemi ndsofachar acter.I
ti sal way sassumedt hatthechar act
eri stalki
ng
tohi msel f,buti nt ruthhei saddr essi
ngt heaudi encegat heredbefor ehim.I nf acta
dramat isthasnott hefreedom ofanov eli
stt oel aborateorspeakf orhischar actersin
detail.Hencet hisist hedr amat i
st’sgreatt echni
quet oenablehi mt ot akeusdownt o
thei nner mostr ecessesofachar acterofhi sdr ama.

Sol
i
loqui
esi
nDoct
orFaust
us

Q:
Descr
ibet
het
wosol
i
loqui
eswhi
chact
ual
l
yembodi
est
hechar
act
erofDoct
orFaust
us.

Thet er
m" Sol
il
oquy"meanst hinki
ngloudly.I
tisactual
l
yt hecharacterr
evelati
onorcharacter
appearancetotheaudienceort hereaderofthedrama.Solil
oquyisusedasat oolorprocessby
whichthedramat i
stconveysthesecr ett
houghtsandintenti
onsoft hecharacter,
tothe
audienceorthereaderofthedr ama,aboutwhichtheothercharactersofthedr amadonot
know.

InDoctorFaust
us;oneofthemostfamoust ragi
cdramasinEl i
zabet
hanper i
odwr i
tt
enby
Christ
opherMarlowe;t
hefir
standl
astsolil
oquyofFaustusarethemostt woi mport
ant
soli
loquyint
heentir
eplay.Her
ewef i
ndcompl etel
ytwodiff
erentCharacter
sofFaustus.Inthe
fi
rstonewef i
ndaFaustus,amanofgr eati
ntell
i
genceandpr i
de.Buti
nt helastsol
il
oquywe
fi
ndav eryscar
yandhelpl
essFaust
us.Thust hesetwomonol ogueshav eagreateff
ectinthe
drama.

Inthef i
rstsol
il
oquy,wefinddoct orFaustus,
agr eatscholar
, si
tti
ngonhisstudytabl
eand
exami ni
ngv ari
ousfi
eldoflearninginordertoachi ev
eknowl edge.ThenFaustuschooses
met aphysical
phil
osophy,medi cine,
lawanddi vi
nity,andrej
ectstheseseri
all
ybecausethese
subjectsdonotsatisfydoctorFaustus.Thenf i
nallyhehasdeci dedtogowithblackmagic
whichmakesagr eatappeal t
ohi m.Magicwi l
lbringhim notonlymoneybutal sopower.
Thr
oughbl ackmagicFaustusmayknowt hesecret
sofothercount
ry.Bythi
shewi l
lhave
whateverwewant.So,Faustust
hinksiti
sblackmagicwhichhasagr eatef
fectonhisl
if
e.By
l
earningmagicwil
lenj
oytheearthl
ylif
easGodi senjoy
ingint
hesky.Faustusbeli
eves-

“
Asoundmagi
ciani
sami
ght
ygod.
”

From t
hissol
il
oquywef i
ndaFaustuswhoi sver
yeducated,ov
erambi t
ious,conf
ident
,pr
oud
andgreedyperson.Hedoesn’
twantknowledgefort
rut
hr at
herforpower.Hecompar eshi
m
withGodandrefusestheBibl
ewhichbri
ngsami ser
abl
econclusioninhisli
fe.

WhenFaust ushasstartedtoreadthemagi cbook,meanwhil

eMephi stophil
iscome, theservant
ofLucif
er.Thentheyhav eafoll
yconversat
ionwhereFaustusdealswithMephi stophil
istoserve
hi
m( f)for24years,t
henhe( f)wil
lsel
lhissoultoLuci
ferandwi l
lgotohell.Aftersi
gningthe
dealFaustusenj
oy st
heear t
hlyli
feandmeet suphisalldesi
re.Butwhen24y earshav epassed
andatmi dni
ghtFaustussoulwillbedamnedf orev
er;wecanseet hement alconditi
onof
Faustusinhisl
astsoli
loquy.

I
nt hel astsol i
loquywef indcompl etelyadiff
erentFaust us.Itwasoneourl efttol i
veandt hen
Faustussoul will
bedamnedf orever.NowFaust uscanr eali
zehissinsandwant storepent.He
begst ot hepl anetsoft heskyt ost opits’
mov ement ssothatthemi dnightwi llnevercome.
Thenhebegst ot i
met obecomet hehourasay ear,amont horaweekorev enasi ngledaythat
hecoul dr epent .ThenFaust usur gest hehil
l
sandmount ainstohidehim upsot hat
Mephi st ophi l
ismaynotseehi m( f).NowFaust usbegsf oronedr opofbl oodofChr i
stwhichcan
purif
yhi ssoul .Orhi ssoul shouldbepuni shedf orat housandy earorahundr edt housandy ear,
butnotf or ever.Butnobodyi saccept i
ngFaust usur gesnotev enGod.Faust ust hensearchf or
theBi ble, whichhasr ejectedbyhi mi ntheearli
erscene.Nowhet hrowsoutt hemagi cbook.But
nothingcanr emov ehissi nsandt husMephi stophili
scomet oturnoutFaust ussoul tobe
damnedi nt hehel lforever.Her ewef i
ndacompl et
elydi
fferentFaustusfrom t hef i
rstsoli
loquy

Marl
oweshowsthepi
tyendi
ngofFaust
usforhi
sownpr i
deandarrogance.ThusMar
lowe
emphasi
zesupont
herel
igi
ousv
iewofli
febyhiswonderexpr
essi
on