Wore a cross under his costume;
audience thought they saw an extra
devil on stage
Patriarchal society
Women owned by father and then husband
'my rich gift'
'Worthily purchased, take my daughter'
'she is thine own'
Protestant society
Pope scene in Dr Faustus would have pleased the majority
Protestant audience - though would have offended any
Catholics
Marriage
Essential for health of Protestant society
Great Chain of Being
It details a strict, religious
hierarchical structure of all matter
and life, believed to have been
decreed by God.
Nota:
The chain starts from God and progresses downward to angels, demons (fallen/renegade angels), stars, moon, kings, princes, nobles, men, wild animals, domesticated animals, trees, other plants, precious stones, precious metals, and other minerals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_chain_of_being
New world, discovery,
colonisation, conquest
Attitudes to revenge
'wild justice'
'Vengeance is mine saith the Lord'
And forgiveness
Jesus says you should love your
enemies; you have to forgive a brother
who sins against you 70 x 7 times.