Christopher+Marlowe

Vince Gabuzzi

Christopher Marlowe was a famous British poet. He was born in 1564 and grew up in Canterbury, Kent, England. His father was a shoemaker and had a wife. Christopher went to school at Kings School. There he got a scholarship and attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. There he studied the Bible, history, and philosophy. Marlowe then worked for a little while with the government. That did not last very long. People said he was working on a secret mission of some sort. After that he became a dramatist in London. In London, he first started making plays. Sir Walter Raleigh was introduced to him and became one of Christopher’s important friends. After Meeting Raleigh, Christopher started writing. At first, his dramas were all in blank verse, which is “any verse comprised of unrhymed lines all in the same meter, usually //iambic pentameter//” ( [|Definition of Blank Verse]   ). The writings consisted of him leaving Cambridge. In my opinion, a good start to script making. Marlowe was not a well mannered person either. He has been sent to jail on some accounts. He was charged with the murder of William Bradley, but was proven not guilty. Was arrested for a street fight where someone was killed. Also, he was exiled from Netherlands for counterfeit gold coins. Besides the fact of his criminal past, he was a very well-known poet and dramatist. Some besides the fact of his criminal past, he was a very well-known poet and dramatist.of the first plays that Christopher Marlowe wrote were Tamburlaine the Great I-II (1587), Doctor Faustus (1604), and Edward II (1592). All of his most important dramas were composed between 1585 and 1593. Marlowe was most known for his ability to write in blank verse. Shakespeare was an admirer of the blank verse. They both motivated each other’s work; writing plays for the same person, Lord Strange. It’s actual that Marlowe and Shakespeare were rivals. Christopher’s intricate use of the blank verse was so unique that only a few copies of his plays exist. None of them were correctly published. Shakespeare realized Christopher’s fame from the blank verse, so soon trailed his pattern. Some assumptions say that, “the well-educated Marlowe was actually responsible for much of the work attributed to Shakespeare” ([|Britain Express] ). I do not know who to believe. Marlowe’s death is a sincere mystery. Most sources have said that he was dining for something to eat with his friend Ingram Frizer. The bill came and they started arguing about who should pay for it. One thing led to another and Marlowe grabbed a dagger from Frizer and attacked him from behind. Then Frizer was able to get the dagger back stab Marlowe in the eye. The wound killed him in 1593, he was buried at St. Nicholas, Deptford.



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