Literature: Renaissance - Christopher Marlowe

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At the end of this lesson you know more about Christopher Marlowe and you can answer questions about 'Dr. Faustus'

  • Who was Marlowe
  • Introduction to Dr. Faustus
  • Reading together
  • Questions
  • Discussion Time

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Christopher Marlowe
1564-1593
University Degree
Spy?
Atheist?
Violent death
Blank verse: Iambic Pentametre
Dr Faustus
But thou, my babe! shalt wander like a breeze
By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags

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Spy of Queen Elizabeth, more than vague rumours
Atheist - was arrested for this
Died in a row over a tavern bill - or was that staged and was he killed by secret agents?

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
  • Thought to be a secret agent in the service of the Queen
  • Had a turbulent life; accused of treason, atheism, homosexuality 
  • Believed to have co-written some of Shakespeare's plays
  • Stabbed in a dispute at a London tavern; murder probably linked to his shady activities

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Christopher Marlowe 1564 - 1593
Born in 1564
Son of a shoemaker
University Education at Cambridge
Lived a wild and violent life
Deported from the Netherlands for trying to pass off forged coins
Stabbed to death at the age of 29
Best known works : The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus  and The Jew of Malta

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Christopher Marlowe (1564 - 1593)
Shakespeare's contemporary

Scholars say Marlowe heavily influenced Shakespeare's plays (Marlovian themes)

Established dramatic blank verse (poetry that doesn't rhyme in iambic pentameter)

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Dr Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe
typical Renaissance man
Faust-Buch
Mephistopheles
unlimited power 
vs 
soul
Lucifer
explore limits 
of knowledge
Faustus theme
Poetic justice

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