Christopher Marlowe

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brought against him three
years later by the constable of Shoreditch in relation to that death. In
1592 he was deported from the Netherlands after attempting to issue forged
gold coins. On the 30th of May 1593 he was killed by Ingram Frizer in a
Deptford tavern after a quarrel over the bill. He was only 29 years old.

During the middle ages, culture and government were influenced greatly by
the Church of Rome. The Reformation of Henry VIII (1529-39), and the break
of ties with that church meant that the monarch was now supreme governor.
This altered the whole balance of political and religious life, and,
consequently, was the balance of literature, art and thought. The
literature of Elizabethan England was based on the crown. This period of
literature (1558-1625) is outstanding because of its range of interests
and vitality of language. Drama was the chief form of Elizabethan art
because there was an influx of writers trying to emulate speech in their
writing, and because of the ...

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can
see that Marlowe has moved towards creating a more developed character.
Marlowe thus breathed new life into English tragedy, and paved the way for
the greatest English dramatist, Shakespeare. It is quite possible that
without Marlowe's contribution to English tragedy, Shakespeare would
never have at tempted such an unpopular style and he would not be
canonised as he is today.

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is surely the pinnacle of Marlowe's
achievement. The subject no doubt appealed to Marlowe. In no other play of
his, nor in the majority of English literature, is there a scene to match
the passionate and tragic intensity of Faustus' last hour on earth.

Faustus used to be ...

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