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Conflict In Tamburlaine

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Tamburlaine repeats the obvious when he concludes that Mycetes is no match for him. Yet, Mycetes is hardly a match for anyone. The character of Mycetes questions the omnipotence of Tamburlaine: Is Tamburlaine successful because of his strength, or because of the weakness of his enemies?
The various conflicts presented in the exposition of this play are also filled with irony. One conflict resides in the two drastically opposed attitudes that the other characters show toward Tamburlaine, and this divergence of opinion is illustrated by names applied to the warrior. Mycetes speaks of a Tamburlaine “That, like a fox in midst of harvest time, / Doth prey upon my flocks of passengers.” (p.4) In calling Tamburlaine a fox, Mycetes is alluding to all the deprecatory connotations of the word. But Techelles compares Tamburlaine to princely lions, (p.9) alluding to the great connotations associated with lions. Making the characters carry out this kind of name-calling, Marlowe has an objective position, because Mycetes has every reason to have a low opinion of the tyrant who threatens his kingdom. In the same way, Techelles has every reason to admire the qualities in Tamburlaine that make him a successful military leader. Any one character’s opinion of …show more content…

Their deaths reflect more honour on themselves than on Tamburlaine. Earlier in Act V, Tamburlaine, when attacking a city, has ordered the deaths of four virgins sent to him to plead for Damascus. This is his habit to give a city that he attacks two days to decide to surrender. On the third day, if no surrender is coming, he destroys the city. On the third day of the siege of Damascus, the four virgins are sent out in hopes that their innocence can persuade Tamburlaine to spare the city. He asks them what they see on the point of his sword and, when they answer that they see fear and steel, Tamburlaine

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