Age Of Christopher Marlowe Analysis

Age of Christopher Marlowe
Introduction
Christopher Marlowe a great playwright, belongs to Elizabethan or golden age. The work that he produce is based on his education, Christian humanism and his own ability to satirize the world. At this time theatre plays an important role in depicting social and political events of the time.
Purpose of Drama in Marlowe’s Age
The drama of Christopher Marlowe helps to explain the key features of English renaissance.
• The establishment of English self-identity
• implementation of the humanistic ideal
• The encroachment of English over Latin.
• The role of the religion.
Renaissance
Renaissance means rebirth or re-awakening . It is the Europe-wide movement, which rejects convection of the medieval age. The

Discrimination in structure
Goethe’s Faust is more complex as compare to Marlowe’s version. One of the key difference is opening scene. In Goethe’s Faust, play commence with the wager between God and Mephistopheles. In this wager Mephistopheles was over confident about his success. He says,
“what do you wager? I might win him yet,
If you give me your permission first,
I’ll lead him gently on the road I set”.(part 1,prolongue to heaven)
It sets the stage for the Faust to make his own decisions when he is influence by Mephistopheles. He has no outside interference or guidance that encourages him to make right decision. Unlike Dr. Faustus of Marlowe, wager between God and Mephistopheles does not take place.

Impact of Wager
Wager between Faust and Mephistopheles has different impact than Faustus’s wager with Mephistopheles. In Dr. Faustus does magic and harm multiple people. He gets pleasure while irritating others. He asks Mephistopheles to make him unseen and allows him to do whatever he likes. For instance he teases pope of church.
Pope: My lord here is a delicious dish and this has come to me from the Bishop of Milan.
Faustus: I thank you sir, for