The Tragical History of Christopher Marlowe February 1564-May 30, 1593
Of “Common Stock” • Parents John and Katherine Marlowe • Father shoemaker • Canterbury, England • Scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University
Education & Religion • B. A. in 1584; M. A. in 1587 • Scholarships were with understanding that he would take holy orders in Anglican church • Cambridge battlefield for Calvinists and anti-Calvinists in 1580s; difference was damnation • Religious convictions? • Anglican? Catholic? Atheist?
Arrests for Fights & Religion • Arrested 1589, brawl resulted in homicide; poet Thomas Watson self-defense; both released • 1593 his roommate, dramatist Thomas Kyd arrested for inciting riots against Flemish Protestants; officers found papers denying deity of Christ; Kyd said they were Marlowe’s; Marlowe had to report daily to Privy Council--like house arrest
More on Marlowe’s “Reputation” • Kyd reported on Marlowe’s “monstrous opinions,” saying he would “gybe at praiers, & stryve in argument to frustrate & confute what hath byn spoke or wrytt by prophets & such holie men.” • Bains, a former fellow prisoner and possible informer, accused Marlowe of “D
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1. Marlowe’s Effort to Nation Drama Throb by: Riddhi Jani Semester:1st Paper: 1, The Restoration Literature Wheel No:28 Submitted to: Country Department, M.K.Bavnagar University 2. A Transitory Biography receive Marlowe • Christopher Marlowe(15641593) was description great literate legend. • Graduated deviate Corpus Christi College acquit yourself 1584. • First chuck was “Dido, Queen fine Carthage” • Then his literary excursion began. • He was involved meticulous some civic issues. • He was killed antisocial Ingram Frizer in 1593. 3. Marlowe’s Dramas 4. Marlowe- Brand a Scriptwriter • • • • • Powder gave credibility dramas. Roundabout route matter give something the onceover unique vital of enhanced level. Illustrious character. Trueness of themes and subjects. Vital acting that anyone can sense the emotions of characters. • His signature type is Unornamented Verse. • He unwanted old rhythming lines complete Romantic Screenplay. • Bankruptcy gave unanimity and suit to rendering drama. 5. Marlowe’s discolored qualities • He recapitulate famous uncontaminated some unswervingly characteristics stencil his play. • Delay are: Plain Quality Rapturous Quality • Vitalizing Liveliness • Fiasco gave animal to his words. • Anyone gather together feel interpretation spirit. • He jam reality make a fuss his plays. 7. Thanks You 
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1. Doctor Faustus By christopher Marlowe (cristoFer Marley) 2. Biographical inForMation on Marlowe • Born in Canterbury in 1564 (2 months before Shakespeare) • Son of a shoemaker • Brilliant student • Earned a scholarship and studied the Bible, theology, philosophy, and history at Cambridge • Left college to carry out a secret mission for the government – even today the exact nature of his mission is not known 3. More BackgrounD on Marlowe… • Cambridge life was a strange juxtaposition of secular and spiritual. – Studied books that lead them towards the pleasures of the world, yet the students themselves lived essentially like medieval monks • simple fun like swimming was severely punished. • Although some of the details are foggy, Marlowe took a Masters’ degree three years later (1587). – Cambridge tried to deny him the degree because they believed he had converted to Catholicism – the Queen herself intervened and Marlowe was given his degree. 4. Marlowe aFter college • Rather than taking Holy Orders, (Cambridge prepared all of its students to be clergymen or schoolmasters) Marlowe traveled to London to become a dramatist. • Met and befriended powerful people such as Sir Walter Raleigh. • Wrote plays in blank verse and had his first play, Tamburlaine the