Scene 7 - "My heart's so hardened I cannot repent"

• In Scene 7, Faustus meets with The Good Angel & The Evil Angel again and in this scene, Faustus remarks "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent"
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", the lexical choice "hardened" suggests Faustus has become emotionally closed off, implying a deep moral stagnation as he can't repent
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", the use of metaphor indicates an emotional insensitivity or callousness
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", this suggests that Faustus feels no remorse for what he is doing and can't repent
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", this quote highlights the emotional guilt of Faustus as his hardened heart doesn't allow him to feel remorse or redeem himself (making the audience feel pathos as he will be eternally damned)
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", the use of metaphor suggests emotional isolation or detachment, highlighting feelings of loneliness or alienation (amplifying pathos of the audience)
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", this quote symbolises Faustus' moral decay and how he can't redeem himself
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", the harsh consonant emphasises Faustus' emotional hardness
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", this quote highlights Faustus' hubristic tendencies as he can't repent due to his desires of knowledge, leading to his downfall (hamartia)
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", the use of allusion is significant as it alludes to Christian Theology, emphasising how Faustus is unaware of his sinful state
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", this quote emphasises Faustus' emotional desensitisation as Faustus increasingly suppresses his guilt leading to his hardening heart
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", the quote highlights repressed his feelings of guilt, contributing his hardening heart, by blocking out emotions and utilising defence mechanism, he maintains Psychological Equilibrium, albeit at the cost of his moral integrity
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", this quote can also be analysed using Freud's Psychoanalysis Theory
• According to Freud, the Id operates on the pleasure principle and it seeks immediate gratification of its desires without regard for social norms, morality or consequences (not bound by rationality or reality)
• According to Freud, the ego is rational & conscious part of the psyche and operates on the Reality Principle, seeking to satisfy the Id's desires in a socially acceptable & realistic manner (meditates between the Id and Superego by balancing societal demands & moral considerations)
• According to Freud, the Superego operates on the Morality Principle through the internalisation of norms, values & moral standards (strives for moral excellence)
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", according to Freud, Faustus exhibits many of the Id's characteristics due to his insatiable thirst for knowledge, bypassing moral & ethical considerations, and this quote shows his desires to control supernatural realms (mirrors Freud's Id)
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", according to Freud, this quote shows Faustus' internal conflicts and psychological turmoil, this reflect the ego's struggle to balance the demands of the id and superego (as Faustus struggles with considering moral considerations due to his powerful Id)
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", according to Freud, the superego in Faustus's psyche manifests in the form of moral and ethical considerations, often represented by the Good Angel warning Faustus against succumbing to his sinful desires and urging him to repent
• In Scene 7, "My heart's so hardened, I cannot repent", according to Freud, Faustus's superego is weakened and overridden by the overpowering influence of the id and his hubris & ambition & succumbs to his darker impulses, ignoring the moral injunctions of his superego and sealing his own damnation