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===Nostradamus=== | ===Nostradamus=== | ||
"And this strange book of secret lore by Nostradamus' own hand..." (l. 190). Faust here is talking about reading one of the book of quatrains(a poem with four lines) written by Nostradamus. Nostradamus lived from 1503 to 1566. He recieved a bachelors degree and a license to practice medicine at the age of nineteen. Nostradamus later studied alchemy and the works of magic. He was known as a good healer during the plague. Although Nostradamus was best known for his writings, ''The Centuries''. He wrote ten of these that each contained one hundred quatrains. The books held prophecies that covered almost two thousand years. | "And this strange book of secret lore by Nostradamus' own hand..." (l. 190). Faust here is talking about reading one of the book of quatrains(a poem with four lines) written by Nostradamus. Nostradamus lived from 1503 to 1566. He recieved a bachelors degree and a license to practice medicine at the age of nineteen. Nostradamus later studied alchemy and the works of magic. He was known as a good healer during the plague. Although Nostradamus was best known for his writings, ''The Centuries''. He wrote ten of these that each contained one hundred quatrains. The books held prophecies that covered almost two thousand years. | ||
===Lines 116-179=== | |||
In these lines Faust is talking about why he is unhappy. He has read and studied all that people have been able to give up to that certain point. Faust talks of all the degrees he has recieved and all the students he has taught over the years. After all of these accomplishments he feels there is nothing more he can learn and feels he is left with nothing. "A dog wouldn't put up with this life!"(l. 140) This is when Faust begins to want to use magic to further his studies to find something more gratifying. | |||
==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||