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Faustus' Last Hour
Faustus' Last Hour
Perpetual day;
8. In his last two desperate pleas,what elements does he ask to be turned to?
He wishes he could turn into air and then into the water drops.
O soul, be changed into little water-drops,
2. Pick out all the references to the natural world, God, Christ and Lucifer in the passage nd
complete the table below:
stars (l. 4) “Stand still” in order to stop time
the sun (l. 6) “rise again” in order to make that day eternal
Christ (l. 15) not to break his hearth
Lucifer (l. 17) to spare him
Mountains and hills (l. 21) to come and fall on him in order to hide him from God’s wrath
Earth (l. 24) to gape and hide him
Stars (l. 25) to draw him up and hide him
God (l. 34) to impose an end to his pain and let him live in hell for a
thousand years and then save him
God (l.55) not to look so fiercely on him
Adders and serpents (l. 56) to let him breathe for a short time
Lucifer (l. 57) “come not” in order to spare him
3. What feeling does the frequent use of interrogative and exclamative sentences convey?
They convey Faustus’s fear, hope and desperation.