Today we had our first introduction to Faustus . We had a discussion on what key themes fit with the story . E.g. I put forward the words 'ambition' 'greed' 'arrogance' 'betrayal' 'anguish' . Also we discussed how the plays social themes would be relative to an audience today . Personally I think that Faustus connections a lot with my generation . It may be a totally bizarre and deep way of looking at it , but i think our generation wants it all and are prepared to do crazy things just for popularity and we aren't thankful enough for what we have already much like Faustus he always wants more and does something stupid to get it (sells his soul!) . Also I think it relates to a lot of political affairs in our day an age. For example radicalization and extremists wanting more and more power , exploiting it and using religion much like Faustus does. But even simple emotions and topics effect us now much as they did in the day and age of Faustus . For example we all want to be ambitious but we doubt ourselves and fear things in the future and over look the present.
We then went on to write up a time line of events in Faustus in order. We all shared what we new of Faustus in our groups so we could write the timeline collaboratively. It really helps to have the scenes written up in order with a brief over of what happens in that act / scene because then you have a better idea of how time changes through out the play .Also it helps to see the relationship between Faustus and Mephistopheles and how it changes over time and through old age.
After this in our groups we got a half of the play which we had to speed run . Our group got the last half of the play . We used freeze frame and physical theater to portray what key event was happening in that scene . For example when one of the servants was cursed by Mephistopheles I stepped behind him using my fingers as horns coming out of the side of his head . Also to symbolise Faustus going to hell we covered Paige in red cloth as she lay down as red has connotations of danger , anger, warning and hell. Our group approached this is a more traditional way in contrast to the other group who used the Club concept we are going to adapt Faustus into. I like the challenge of doing Faustus in a new original concept but personally I would of loved to do it in traditionally atier , with red devils and the black magic! I love a dark , mysterious play and I think the club concept will make it light heated and not as powerful and frightening however i'm excited to see how it turns out !
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