Overview
Show
Character
Gender
Either Gender
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Scene 13
Time & Place
Faustus's private study during his final hour, as a terrifying vision of hell materializes in the air.
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Context
The Evil Angel appears to Doctor Faustus during
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Now, Faustus, let thine eyes with horror stare
[Hell is discovered.]
Into that vast perpetual torture-house:
There are the Furies tossing damned souls
On burning forks; there bodies boil in lead;
There are live quarters broiling on the coals,
That ne'er can die; this ever-burning chair
Is for o'er-tortur'd souls to rest them in;
These that are fed with sops of flaming fire,
Were gluttons, and lov'd only delicates,
And laugh'd to see the poor starve at their gates:
But yet all these are nothing; thou shalt see
Ten thousand tortures that more horrid be.
Performance Tips
- Embody a terrifying, supernatural authority by
Emotional Beat Breakdown
1. Unveiling the Abyss
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