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Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

__Life__: Christopher Marlowe was born to a shoemaker in Canterbury named John Marlowe and his wife Catherine. Marlowe attended The King's School in Canterbury and Corpus Christi College in Cambridge on a scholarship. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1584. Marlowe has often been described as a spy, a brawler, a heretic and a homosexual, as well as a magician. He was reputed to be an atheist which was being an enemy of God.There are various versions of Marlowe's death. Francis Meres says Marlowe was "stabbed to death by a bawdy serving-man, a rival of his in his lewd love" as punishment for his "epicurism and atheism."

__Time Period:__ English Renaissance theatre is also called early-modern English theatre.The English Renaissance theatre is sometimes called "Elizabethan theatre." It was a cultrual movement that spanned from the 14 to the 17 century. It is perhaps best known for its artistic developments. William Shakespeare lived during this time priod as well.

__His Works:__
 * ==Plays==
 * Edward the Second
 * Massacre at Paris
 * Tamburlaine the Great, Part I
 * Tamburlaine the Great, Part II
 * The Jew of Malta
 * The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
 * ==Short Stories==
 * The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage
 * ==Poetry==
 * Dialogue in Verse
 * Fragment
 * Hero and Leander
 * In Obitum
 * The Passionate Shepherd To His Love



Famous Quotations:

“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?”

“What feeds me destroys me”

“While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position”

“Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be”

“Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars”

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