The Works And Influence Of Christopher Marlowe

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his degree in 1587, he moved to London to begin
his career as a playwright. All of his plays were believed to be written
between 1587 and 1593. His works include Tamburlaine, parts one and two,
the Jew of Malta, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, Edward II, Queen
of Carthage, and the Massacre at Paris. He also wrote the great poems, Hero
and Leander and the Passionate Sherherd”(“Christopher Marlowe(1564- 1593)”
par. 3,4).
“In the plays that he wrote, he established blank verse as the
predominant form in English Drama”(“Marlowe Christopher”, Encarta, par. 3).
Shakespeare also wrote in this form and his plays are very similar to
Marlowe’s. Some people believe that because of these reasons, Marlowe might
have written some of Shakespeare’s plays or helped write them. Like
Shakespeare, Marlowe’s important plays all have a central character with a
passionate man doomed to destruction by the desire for power. In these
plays, Marlowe uses beautiful, sonorous language and emotional ...

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par.
6). His death could of been an assassination by the government due to all
of these factors. This theory is the current belief of most scholars.
Christopher Marlowe’s most famous play is the Tragical History of
Doctor Faustus. This play is about a man, Faustus, that becomes
dissatisfied with his studies, and therefor decides to turn to black magic.
“When he experiments with this magic, Mephastophilis appears, in the form
of a devil. Faustus then makes a deal with him, a tragic deal. Faust sends
Mephastophilis to hell to bargain with Lucifer. The bargain is that Faustus
is given twenty-four years of magic and in return he gives his soul to
Lucifer”(Fitzwater p.11).
“With influence ...

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