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The final passage, Faustus is again trying to repent in some kind of way. There is a sense of irony in this passage as
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Find these passages in the play and cite their significance to the play as a whole These four different passages from the play show a great significance to the play as a whole. Now I will go on to explain what the significance of these passages are to the rest of the play. The first passage, 'I see an angel hovers o'er thy head and with a vial full of precious grace, offers to pour the same into they soul: then call for mercy, and avoid despair'. The old man, in scene twelve lines forty-four to forty seven, says this quote. The significance that this passage has to the play as a whole is that this relates this play to the traditional morality play. In morality plays, the normal procession is that in some point of the play, the well respected being who has been tempted away from his responsibilities is...
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