In the Service of Magic

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C. F. Scott
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Wagner and Miles, the primary servants in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus and Robert Greene’s Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, derive their function and identity from their masters. Since both Faustus and Bacon are magicians, their servants are influenced by contact with magic. Although they are less significant figures than the protagonists, the servants help to determine the outcome of their respective plays. By examining Wagner and Miles as servants of both their masters and of magic itself, we can see how Faustus and Bacon fail as magicians, as masters of magic. In comparing the “good” servant, Wagner, whose master is overcome by magic, to the “bad” servant, Miles, whose master renounces magic, we can arrive at an understanding of true service and its relationship to magic.
为魔法服务
瓦格纳和迈尔斯是马洛的《浮士德博士》和罗伯特·格林的《培根修士》和《邦吉修士》中的主要仆人,他们的功能和身份都来自于他们的主人。由于浮士德和培根都是魔术师,他们的仆人受到与魔法接触的影响。虽然仆人们的重要性比不上主角,但他们帮助决定了各自戏剧的结局。通过考察瓦格纳和迈尔斯作为他们的主人和魔术本身的仆人,我们可以看到浮士德和培根作为魔术师和魔术大师是如何失败的。通过比较“好”仆人瓦格纳和“坏”仆人迈尔斯,前者的主人被魔法征服,后者的主人放弃了魔法,我们可以理解真正的服务及其与魔法的关系。
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