Marlowe's play (based largely on the work of a chronicler of English monarchy named Rapheal Holinshed) is broadly historically accurate in its treatment of Edward II's reign. Marlowe was enormously popular as a playwright, however, and his style (including his use of blank verse and his experimentation with historical drama) influenced Shakespeare, whose own career as a playwright overlapped with Marlow’s, significantly. He died in a tavern fight shortly after a warrant had been issued for his arrest, and most of his plays were published posthumously. What is clear is that after graduating, Marlowe moved to London to pursue a career as a playwright, but was frequently sidetracked by problems with the authorities (among other things, Marlowe was suspected of blasphemy and atheism). Marlowe likely began writing plays while still at Cambridge, but the exact date of most of his work is uncertain. The school also awarded him a master’s degree, apparently on the recommendation of the government, which had praised Marlowe for services to his country-possibly a reference to a role as a secret agent.
Similar images recur throughout the play, underscoring the complex relationship between violence and language.The son of a shoemaker, Christopher Marlowe nevertheless earned a scholarship to study at Cambridge, where he completed a bachelor’s degree. Mortimer saying the nobles will "parley" (speak) with their swords). Finally, this first exchange between Edward and the nobility also introduces the idea of violence as a form of communication (e.g. This helps explain the nobles' boldness in confronting Edward, although it does not necessarily excuse it: Kent's criticism of the nobles implies that it is basically never acceptable to challenge the King's authority so openly. In a sense, Gaveston's ability to leapfrog the social hierarchy by pursuing a relationship with the King is an existential threat to the idea of power as something that is inherited.
As Lancaster's words make clear, the nobles view Edward's favoritism not simply as an insult but also as a challenge to the "natural" order of things-namely, the social structure that provides them with their own power and status. Much of the nobility's hatred for Gaveston is rooted in his status as a commoner.
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