My blood congeals and I can write no more… Who is the speaker? What does occasion signify ?
These lines taken from University Wits Christopher Marlowe Tragic Play "Doctor Faustus", scene-5 and the Speaker was Faustus .
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Faustus is trying to sign his contract for 24 years of happiness with the devil which Mephistopheles has told him already has to be signed in blood. The second time, Mephistopheles brings fire to resolve the blood and allows him to sign but before Faustus has considered the congealed blood as an ominous sign.It is a scary moment designed for the warm Faustus at the last moment before it is too late? Who knows what to think of it? but it is a significant moment in the play, it makes the last chance Faustus has to go back on the deal.
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