Biography of Christopher Marlowe

Plot summary of Tamburlaine Part I

List of characters in Tamburlaine Part I

Critical views on Tamburlaine Part I.U.M. Ellis-Fermor on the evolution of Tamburlaine's character ; A.C. Bradley on the development of Marlowe's style ; A.D. Hope on the humanism of war ; Kimberly Benston on Tamburlaine as poet and tyrant-rhetor ; Matthew N. Proser on Tamburlaine's cruelty

Plot summary of Tamburlaine Part II

List of characters in Tamburlaine Part II

Critical views on Tamburlaine Part II. G. Wilson Knight on sadism and idealism in the play ; D.J. Palmer on Tamburlaine's identification with nature ; M.C. Bradbrook on the distinctions between the representation of Tamburlaine in Parts I and II of the play ; Helen Gardner on the theme of human limitation in the play ; C.L. Barber on Zenocrate's death

Plot summary of The Jew of Malta

List of characters in The Jew of Malta

Critical views on The Jew of Malta. U.M. Ellis-Fermor on Barabas and the Machiavellian spirit ; Harry Levin on Barabas the hero-villain ; Douglas Cole on Barabas and the traditional "morality vice" ; Wilbur Sanders on Ferneze's seizure of Barabas' wealth ; Clifford Leech on black comedy in the play

Plot summary of Dr. Faustus

List of characters in Dr. Faustus

Critical views on Dr. Faustus. William Hazlitt on Faustus' thirst for knowledge ; Harry Levin on the relationship of Mephastophilis and Faustus ; G. Wilson Knight on tensions between Renaissance idealism and Christian theology in the play ; A. Bartlett Giamatti on the role of subplot in the play ; C.L. Barber on the limits to tragic effect in the play ; A.D. Nuttall on the paradox of predestination in the play

Plot summary of Edward II

List of characters in Edward II

Critical views on Edward II. William Hazlitt on the finest passages of the play ; Algernon Charles Swinburne on Edward's death and Marlowe's influence on Shakespeare ; U.M. Ellis-Fermor on Edward II as endearing degenerate ; Charles G. Masington on Edward's suffering ; Irving Ribner on the evolution of character throughout the play.