What is the audience supposed to think about faustus after the chorus?

From the onset becuase of the appearance of a chorus we are immediatley fooled to believe we are going to be told the plot and outcome of Marlow's play. As in the day this is what a chorus was used for, however contrastingly the dialouge of the chorus just leaves the audience in confusion and a debate in their mind as to whether see faustus as 'good' or 'evil'. The dialoge of the Chorus also furthers this by reffering to the positive and negative and positive points of faustus ' his parents base of stock' this highlights that he was brought up from a low social status but worked his way up to 'wittenberg' a scholarship, thus highlighting to the audience his determination to make something of himself. However is also described as 'cunning' and the fact he is sadid to be 'falling to a develish exercise' gives the impression that he like satan through pride was cast out of heaven . This idea is reitterated through the iccarus story 'waxen wings.. mount above his reach' highlighting the idea of pride being his hamartia.

On the other hand other critics would argue that ' heavens conspired his overthrow' making the point that heaven came up with the idea for this and in essence it was just inevitable that this is what was going to happen. Marlow here could possible be making a hint about Gods creation of satan, that it was inevitable what was going to happen and back to faustus therefore he must be seen as blameless. This idea would link with the fact that Marlow tells the audience to 'patient judgements' even him knowing what faustus has done the worst posssible sin to sell his soul to the devil tells an audience to not judge to quickly could not only be an idea in the audience's mind that they should be careful what they think but also links very closely to the at the time obscure ideas of Marlow.

Finally the fact that the chorus ends the last six lines in a view that Faustus isn't good could be a  suggestion of how things are going to end, However the fact that it gives no clear judgement removes inevitability this could be suggesting that even the Chorus cannot secide Faustus fate or possibly insinuate that they cannot be incontrol of his judgement, highlighting the seriousness to the play or it could be there to highlight that there is a way out for faustus and nothing is final until the last minute and that is what we see at the end to the last moment he is in charge of his fate, and god can be accepted art any time, which could be an overal moral to the play.  

Why was there tension between catholics and protestants/ elizabeth and England

It started in the time of Henry the V11 due to his last wife Elizabeth he was persuaded to change the church from Catholic to protestant through various means, example.... Putting bibles in the parishes, removing ornaments. However as the years went by things became more strict for the catholics as the protestants took over, even catholic women were imprisoned for this

Dr faustus analysis

At the time this book was written religion was regarded very highly, to have written a book like this would have shoked any audience.

It's gothic themes come from the battle between good and evil, heaven and hell and god and the devil
and this appears to be the ongoing battle in the text. The book is very scripturaly based which adds more of a gothic theme to it through corruption of religion.

We also see a man struggle between the develish pleasures of life going against the commandments in every way. In addition Belezebub is used frequently in the bible and is the name of a high regarded fallen angel.

The fact that we follow the story with the protagonist adds to the suspense as even he does not know what will happen.

Bloody chamber analysis

All the extracts from the bloody chamber have certain key issues in common one of these is the setting of them long ago and far away, this is effective because it lets the reader experience the old fairy tale in an old twisted way like puss in boots, but bring greater meanings and themes to the forefront like relationships, 'love is a desire that has not been fulfilled.' as a reader these are things that you begin to question and even from a unrealistic fairytale lessons of life are being brought forward.

Flowers are also something significantly used in the bloody chamber. Flowers are symbols of beauty but in the bloody chamber they are a representation of death and misery in most extracts, in the Bloody chamber the lillies are a representation of the funeral and death, even by the smell evoked from the flowers you see corruption has already taken place. In the 'snow child' the rose is a weapon that kills both women. The use of flowers could be a metaphor that not everything that looks good is how it appears.

Frankenstein Analysis

Frankenstein

The first thing that struck me about the book is that the protagonist Frankenstein is recounting the events that took place,'...........' this can therefore make him appear to be an unreliable narrator. Throughout the novel we see how his pre knowledge clouds the way he describes things. ' I could no longer surpress the rage that burned within me'. This could be how the protagonist was feeling at the time or it may be how he now feels looking back. I am not sure wether I believe the novel to be cleverly written as a recount painting an enticing story or whether the suspense is lost and the substance of the character due to the novel being retold.
To further this even as a reader I don't view the monster as anything that Frankenstein describes 'wretched deamon', even at the end which indeed we know the tale was written with the aim of revenge in mind posing the question was frankensteins hatred and descriptions due to the pain of his loss.

indeed when Frankenstein has lost everything I believe it highlights the similarity between himself and the monster and puts in human terms the isolation that the monster felt. Even towards the end of the book when they are crossing the ice i believe it states a moral that you often want things to be fine yourself and don't see the other person who is also alone on the ice.

The unobvious  contrast that was made between the scenery and the monster '.........' highlights the power of god and creation as apposed to the mess that man makes and the significant difference in beauty between the two.

A gothic theme that reaccurs is presented through the setting either being something good like the 'moon' with a weight of darkness or something good being corrupted by something evil'
this pathetic fallacy mirrors the mood or a indication of what bad is going to happen.

In addition for some of the longest time periods the shortest amount is written so six years is covered in less than a couple of pages, this of which is when Frankenstein is in England studying. This highlights the unimportance of his study or the bore to it in comparison to events like the monster telling his journey which covers over 3 chapters.

The way in which Frankenstein retells his novel is very clever in the way that it is fitting with his character  '..........................' by making a statement then thinking about the logics to come up with arguments highlights his scientific phillosophical nature, ultimatley leading the audience to begin to understand him as he analyses pieces of statements himself wwhich leads on to his creation, which comes as no great shock to the audience.

pg 83-90

Willy is a character all the way through the play is a man who doesn't seem to have a grip on reality but at some points it's almost as if he knows reality but fantasy is something he'd so much rather hold on to. "past or any crap, the woods are burning boys big blaze going on." The woods are a representation of the place his brother called him to go, into business making money but because of his lies he had to refuse. I see alaska as a life for willy but in a fantasy, because when he's fired in reality this fantasy also seems to go up in flames. The fact that the woods was a place for money and business but it's on fire could be a metaphor that all money and bussiness has gone up in flames for willy and he needs his sons to be his drug, he wants "no crap" which is the facts suggesting that he needs some fantasy and hope from his boys to keep him going. This all links with the struggle of sanity trait from shakespeare that makes a tragic hero as willy's mind isn't stable or sound but very uneasy. The bigger point to be made her could be about the American dream that if you work your way up in the business world you can succeed. This seems to be a prolem because it's what all people then aspire to be like no matter what their strengths are. Just like when charley offers willy a job but he can't accept because of human pride and this is the big problem and possibly downfall.

Ending of act one !

Towards the end of act one evreything starts to be revealed about the characters, linda starts to reveal willy's traits to her sons and starts to get emotional almost as if these secrets she has been keeping has become a burden to her. 'with great difficulty' this suggests that it is hard for her to talk about willy's downfalls 'hes been trying to kill himself ' because she wants only to protect him ' can I insult him that way'. This is said when she doesn't know wether to remove the rubber pipe he was going to kill himself with. The fact that this is something she is really priortitising- his pride or the little he has left of it highlights that this is something that may be very important to willy even more than life and denting his ego maybe worse to him than death and linda recognises this, as 'he goes to charley to borrow 50 dollors a week' but preteands he has earnt it suggests he cares so much about what he appears like.

Towards the end of act one  We also see linda's perception of a 'great man' as she describes it as 'lot of money' , 'name never in the paper' and 'finest character'. These show us that linda views a great man to be rich, famous and have a fine character. She describes ' willy' to have none of these charecteristics but says he is a 'human being' so it's almost as if she sees all these things in a 'great man ' but it isn't what she wants and its just his 'being' that should gain him respect and lets him possess her love.