The Talented Playwright Who Was Secretly A Gay Atheist Spy? | Christopher Marlowe

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  @rubaidaallen2764 · 4 months ago (edited)

  I discovered Marlowe in college. I’ve been fascinated with him and his work ever since. Very well done doc 👏👏👏

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  @vetstadiumastroturf5756 · 2 weeks ago

  Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd, William Shakespeare, George Peele, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Dekker...<br>All pen-names for the same person.

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  @Bagowind · 2 years ago

  I like your final comment. And thanks for the clarification. I had always heard that he died in a low tavern brawl. It goes to show how far from the truth a person&apos;s reputation can deviate.

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  @ShinigamisBlade · 2 years ago

  I appreciate you commenting on how his sisters and future generation of women did the housework which allowed men to have the free time to go to school and pursue hobbies. It&apos;s important to learn about the past but we should remember the unsung labor and lives of those that allowed the historical figure to flourish

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  @catherinenelson9909 · 2 years ago

  I was an English major. Quite late in my mother’s life, I had to defend Shakespeare to her, in spite of his offensive dirty jokes, etc. I told her he was writing plays to make a living and then that other playwrights of the time put sexual matters into plays where they clearly didn’t belong. I didn’t remember Marlowe specifically, but thanks for proving my point.

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  @modifiedcontent · 3 weeks ago

  Marlowe&apos;s death was faked - he fled to Europe, eventually Italy, and continued his writing career under the name of his agent in London, William Shakespeare.

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  @RobCarmina · 2 years ago

  Marlowe&apos;s greatest line is commonly thought to be &apos;Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?&apos; - uttered by Faustus when he&apos;s presented with the figure of Helen of Troy - but an equally important line in the play, simply because of where it is placed, is that echoed from Ovid&apos;s &apos;Amores&apos; - &apos;Lente, lente, currite noctis equi&apos; - spoken as Faustus faces his final hour. It has a profound irony: in Ovid&apos;s poem it is the cry of the lover who prays that the dawn will be delayed, so that he can spend more time embracing his beloved; in Marlowe&apos;s play, of course, it has far greater anguish, because in saying it Faustus is recognising that this is the moment when he has to relinquish all the joys and beauties of the world, and face eternal damnation.

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  @GUgirl91 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Wonderful overview! I’m an English major and this was a great reminder of how layered Marlowe was then and now.

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  @hisbigal · 2 years ago

  I had an idea about Marlowe’s death. He had a cousin, Anthony Marlowe who was a trader with the East Russia Company, a company created by Elizabeth in 1563. The main shipping port was in Deptford, the same port city where Christopher met his end. Since there is still much speculation about his death, I proposed that the actual target was Anthony, and Christopher was either a victim of mistaken identity, or his killer assumed he also worked for the company, and he was killed for far more nefarious reasons.

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  @abbyonyoutube · 2 years ago

  Mind blown. Marlowe is so much more interesting than I already thought he was!

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  @victorsasson1911 · 1 year ago (edited)

  &apos;Is theft the ground of your religion?&apos; a question thrown at the Governor of Malta who came to Barabas, the Jew, demanding half of his fortune, then within a moment later, all his wealth, to help pay for the tribute owed by Malta to the Turks. Indeed, Christianity is sheer theft .... theft of the Hebrew Scripture, theft of Hebrew names, theft of the concept of a messiah, etc. etc. I read The Jew of Malta probably when I was in my early twenties, with English as a third tanguage. At the time I was steeped into English Literature, even before earning academic qualifications from the University of London.<br>Very good video!

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  @norris-p8s · 1 year ago

  Christopher Marlowe&apos;s Death was faked .why would He congregate with people who had an express interest in turning in and having individuals prosecuted who were believed to be conspirators against the Queen and government.This was an elaborate cover up to smuggle Him out of England .Less than two weeks later we have the first apperance of William Shakespeare&apos;s name affixed to a manuscript Venus and Adonis.

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