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'''Christopher Marlowe''' (1564 - 1593) was an English poet, dramatist, and translator. He is probably best known for ''[[Doctor Faustus
He was regarded highly, at least in terms of his writing, by his literary contemporaries, including [[
As a [[Historical Domain Character]], his appearances in fiction almost invariably feature one or both of (a) his acquaintance with Shakespeare; (b) his death. (Which was somewhat suspicious, and has prompted theories that it was a set-up by the English secret service, either to keep him from spilling some secret or, more creatively, to allow him to adopt a new identity and go into hiding. People who promote the creative version are generally advocates of the theory that Marlowe was the true author of Shakespeare's plays, even the ones written after 1593, or else historical fiction writers who don't care whether it's true because it makes a good story.)
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=== Works by Christopher Marlowe with their own trope pages include: ===
* ''[[
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=== Other works by Christopher Marlowe provide examples of: ===
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* [[The Beard]]: Isabella from ''Edward II''
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: ''The Jew of Malta''
* [[Break the Haughty]]: The [[Villain Protagonist]] by the third act of any Christopher Marlowe play. (''Tamburlaine'', ''The Jew of Malta'', ''[[
* [[Byronic Hero]]: Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine
* [[Bury Your Gays]]: {{spoiler|Edward II and Mycetes of Tamburlaine}}
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* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: "Tamburlaine? He's just a sheep herder..."
* [[Greedy Jew]]: ''The Jew of Malta''
* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: Because of [[Values Dissonance]] and he's [[Affably Evil|very entertaining in his evil schemes]] the audience may end up [[Rooting for
** Doctor Faustus can likewise be [[Comedic Sociopathy|cruel and funny.]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: [[Niccolo Machiavelli]] delivers the prologue to ''The Jew of Malta''. It is as awesome as it sounds.
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: [[Louis Cypher|Lightborne]] from ''Edward II''.
* [[Parental Marriage Veto|Parental Relationship Veto]]: ''Edward II'' As soon as his dad is dead he gets together with Gaveston.
* [[Pride Before a Fall]]: The [[Villain Protagonist]] by the third act of any Christopher Marlowe play. (''Tamburlaine'', ''The Jew of Malta'', ''[[
* [[Professional Killer]]: Lightborne in ''Edward II''
* [[Puppet King]]: in ''Edward II'' the other members of the [[Deadly Decadent Court]] fear [[Evil Chancellor|Gaveston's influence]] on the king.
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* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: ''Edward II'' and ''Tamburlaine''
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: ''The Jew of Malta'', ''Tamburlaine''
* [[Yaoi Fangirl|Yaoi Fanboy]]: He shipped [[The Bible
** He also opened one play, ''Dido, Queen of Carthage'', with a love scene between [[Classical Mythology|Zeus and Ganymede]], though that was already shipped for him.
* [[Yaoi Guys]]: ''[[Uke|Edward II]]'' with [[Seme|Gaveston]]
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