...Carthaginians ; Nor sporting in the dalliance of love, In courts of kings where state is overturn'd ; "X 1928 Harper & her heavenly verse : Only this, gentlemen, — we must perform The form of Faustus' fortunes. good...

...transformation, could he stop it? This was the most haunting question of all, and is the issue in Doctor Faustus. we must now perform The form of Faustus' fortunes, good or bad. ' So the chorus to Marlowe's play. And here Renaissance art offers itself as one solution to the massive...

...warlike Carthagens, Nor sporting in the dalliance of love In courts of kings where state is overturned, Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds, Intends our muse to vaunt his heavenly verse. (Prologue 1-6) Faustus's story is only one among many possible stories, marked off grammatically ("not...

...overturned, Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds, 5 Intends our muse to vaunt his heavenly verse.0 Only this, gentles: we must now perform The form of...Faustus' fortunes, good or bad. And now to patient judgements we appeal, And speak for Faustus in his infancy. 10 Now is he born, of parents base of stock,...

...warlike Carthagens, Nor sporting in the dalliance of love In courts of kings where state is overtum'd, Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds Intends our muse to vaunt his heavenly verse . (Prol., i-6)] Such a warning to an audience who would already have been familiar with the subject...

...Dr Faustus, the Chorus speaks the prologue, which points out the theme of morality to the audience: Only this, gentles: we must now perform The form of...good or bad. And now to patient judgments we appeal, The Chorus describes Faustus's merits, his rise and his fall. • The forces of evil are represented...

...Carthaginians, Nor sporting in the dalliance of love, In courts of kings where state is overturn'd; Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds, Intends our Muse to vaunt her heavenly verse: Only this, gentlemen — we must perform The form of Faustus' fortunes, good or...

...warlike Carthagens; Nor sporting in the dalliance of love, In courts of kings, where state is overturned; Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds, Intends our Muse to vaunt his heavenly verse.11 (prologue, 1 - 6) o The revised performance of heroism will concentrate instead on "[t]he...

...glass, / And then applaud his fortunes as you please.'2 And the Chorus introduces Faustus thus: 'Not ... in []the pomp of proud audacious deeds, / Intends...perform / The form of Faustus' fortunes, good or bad' (11. 5—8). Notice how the characteristic fleering snarl audible in the concluding phrases of both...

...192. 357 (2001 ). 93. The introductory sentence of the play, recited by the Chorus, reads (p. 357), Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds Intends our muse to vaunt his heavenly verse. 94. Roger Bacon, who is mentioned in the Marlowe play (p. 362). and others are called to mind as leaders...