FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
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Tamburlaine-story of the adventures of 14th century Mongol warrior who seeks the power of rule and is ultimately struck down for burning the Muslim Qur’an
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Edward II, which follows the tragic fate of a homosexual king
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The Jew of Malta, a monstrous anti-Semitic caricature in which the main character seeks the power of money yet, in the end, turns out to be less ruthless and hypocritical than his Christian counterparts
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Doctor Faustus, a character who seeks the power of forbidden knowledge and is struck down for his rebellion against God and the moral order
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Detailed explanation-1: -Faustus as a Morality Play: The play may largely be called a morality play. By selling his soul to the devil, Faustus lives a blasphemous life full of sterile and sensual pleasures for only 24 years. He criticises Christianity by insulting the Pope with the Holy Fathers of Rome.
Detailed explanation-2: -Faustus is the protagonist and tragic hero of Marlowe’s play. He is a contradictory character, capable of tremendous eloquence and possessing awesome ambition, yet prone to a strange, almost willful blindness and a willingness to waste powers that he has gained at great cost.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Doctor Faustus, higher knowledge should only be obtained by someone if he is wise and capable of using it for the betterment of himself and society. Higher knowledge should be forbidden to those who are foolish and selfish.
Detailed explanation-4: -Doctor Faustus, in full The Tragicall History of D. Faustus, tragedy in five acts by Christopher Marlowe, published in 1604 but first performed a decade or so earlier. Marlowe’s play followed by only a few years the first translation into English of the medieval legend on which the play is based.