English Literature / Unit 6 ENL 0514 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Marlowe and the Mighty Line
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The idea
Christopher Marlowe, a shoemaker's son educated at Cambridge, was among the first playwrights to use blank verse; Tamburlaine the Great was a great success, his characters larger than life. He was killed in fifteen ninety-three in a quarrel over a bill; the anchor notes spying theories but no proof.
In practice
Blank verse, outsized heroes, a violent death.
Where people slip
The spy story is speculation.
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