Dr. Faustus by christopher marlowe
Contents
Biography of Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
About Christopher Marlowe
A short Summary
Major Themes
Act wise summary & analysis
Act I, Chapters 1-2
Act I, Chapters 3-5
Act II
Act III, scenes 1-10
Act IV, Scenes 1-4
ACT IV SCENES 5-7
ACT V SCENE 1
Act V, Scene 2
Doctor Faustus (Marlowe) Quiz 1
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Biography of Christopher Marlowe
(1564-1593)
Christopher Marlowe was born in 1564, the year of William Shakespeare's birth. His father worked in Canterbury, England, as a cobbler, and Christopher was one of many children to be born into their middle-class household (Bakeless 3-30.) After attending the King's School on a scholarship, he won another scholarship to attend Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Marlowe completed his BA degree in four years and then stayed on at Cambridge to work towards an MA.
Students who did so were granted an extended scholarship-and were expected to take Holy
Orders.
During the following three years, Marlowe began to absent himself from the college for weeks on end. Although such absences were not uncommon among BA students, Marlowe's spotty attendance seems to have earned the ire of the college administration. Rumors arose that
Marlowe planned to defect to the Catholic seminary of Rheims, France. Amidst such rumors, it became a matter of the Queen's Council that Marlowe should receive his degree at graduation-the Privy Council conveyed to the college that Marlowe had been in government service all along. The evidence suggests that he had been serving England as a spy in Rheims.
When Marlowe left Cambridge in 1587, it was to write for the stage. Before the end of the year, both parts of his Tamburlaine were produced in London. The plays basked in a decidedly popular and vernacular spirit. Renaissance scholar David Riggs notes that the chaotic stage of
Tamburlaine, featuring a blasphemer and murderer protagonist, "challenged the limits of public behavior" (220). In any case, Marlowe's
Biography of Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
About Christopher Marlowe
A short Summary
Major Themes
Act wise summary & analysis
Act I, Chapters 1-2
Act I, Chapters 3-5
Act II
Act III, scenes 1-10
Act IV, Scenes 1-4
ACT IV SCENES 5-7
ACT V SCENE 1
Act V, Scene 2
Doctor Faustus (Marlowe) Quiz 1
Related Links
Biography of Christopher Marlowe
(1564-1593)
Christopher Marlowe was born in 1564, the year of William Shakespeare's birth. His father worked in Canterbury, England, as a cobbler, and Christopher was one of many children to be born into their middle-class household (Bakeless 3-30.) After attending the King's School on a scholarship, he won another scholarship to attend Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Marlowe completed his BA degree in four years and then stayed on at Cambridge to work towards an MA.
Students who did so were granted an extended scholarship-and were expected to take Holy
Orders.
During the following three years, Marlowe began to absent himself from the college for weeks on end. Although such absences were not uncommon among BA students, Marlowe's spotty attendance seems to have earned the ire of the college administration. Rumors arose that
Marlowe planned to defect to the Catholic seminary of Rheims, France. Amidst such rumors, it became a matter of the Queen's Council that Marlowe should receive his degree at graduation-the Privy Council conveyed to the college that Marlowe had been in government service all along. The evidence suggests that he had been serving England as a spy in Rheims.
When Marlowe left Cambridge in 1587, it was to write for the stage. Before the end of the year, both parts of his Tamburlaine were produced in London. The plays basked in a decidedly popular and vernacular spirit. Renaissance scholar David Riggs notes that the chaotic stage of
Tamburlaine, featuring a blasphemer and murderer protagonist, "challenged the limits of public behavior" (220). In any case, Marlowe's