...Lines, circles, signs, letters, and characters — Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires. O, what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honour, of omnipotence, Is promised to the studious artisan! All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command....

...Lines, eireles, signs, letters, and eharaeters — Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires. O, what a world of profit and delight. Of power, of honour, of omnipotenee, 1s promised to the studious artisan! All things that move between the quiet poles Shall...

...spite of his stated intention, sounded none of their depths. Faustus pursues instead his desire for a "world of profit and delight, / Of power, of honour, of omnipotence" (1.1.55-56), and the crescendo from "power" to "omnipotence" signifies his movement from manly self-assertion...

...consequently die: Ay, we must die an everlasting death. What doctrine call you this, Che sera, sera, What will be, shall be? Divinity, adieu! These metaphysics...And necromantic books are heavenly; Lines, circles, scenes, letters, and characters; 50 Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires. O, what a world...

...of the first speech, Faustus is beginning to change his attitude towards magic and necromancy: Oh, what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honour, of omnipotence, Is promised to the studious artizan! Later, in Scene 3, Faustus has practised magic and believes that...

...to acquire and exercise powers in this life that only a god or a supernatural agent could possess: These metaphysics of magicians And necromantic books...are heavenly; Lines, circles, letters, characters — Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires. O, what a world of profit and delight. Of power,...

...clear association between magic and colonialism in the magician plays of the 1 580s and nineties: O, what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honour, of omnipotence Is promised to the studious artisan! (Dr Faustus, 1.1.55-7) There is a sense that the world now lies open...

...production concentrated on the central theme of Modern Man who sells his soul for knowledge and power: O, what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honour, of omnipotence, Is promised to the studious artisan! All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command...

...fame. In the words of the play's central protagonist: Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires. O, what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honour, of omnipotence, Is promised to the studious artizan! 5 Bored by the tedious yet legitimate disciplines of law, philosophy,...

...with the study of necromancy, suggesting that his initial self-image was that of a white magician: O, what a world of profit and delight. Of power, of honour, of omnipotence Is promised to the studious artisan! (A-Text: I, i, 55-57; B-Text: I, i, 53-55; my italics) Once he makes...