ENGL 3020 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Brothel, Ancient Greek Comedy, Shrew
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He made the "history play" into a thing before him, there weren"t plays about history like marlowe"s play are. Marlowe allows homosexuality to be represented in plays in an ambiguous way (whereas previously, plays hardly dealt with the subject or very blatant in their positions towards the act) Moral ambiguity on the stage was made possible. 1564-1593 (died from being stabbed in the eye in a bar fight) He was a spy in hmss (her majesty"s secret service) We"re not really sure where marlowe resided traces of him show up more than one spot. He well have been part of a spy cell specifically trying to infiltrate a group of english catholics. Kidd was arrested on suspicion of posting bills up around london that supported xenophobic violence against french immigrants that had resided in london for quite some time (at the time much like now with.