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ywright, contemporary of Shakespeare 2. expressed the humanist ideals about the infinite capabilities of Man, in the desire for power, knowledge and money Elizabethan Drama Christopher Marlowe (156493) 3. works known for their eloquent speeches in blank verse 4. Machiavellianism* and money worship as well as pride of the age of rising capitalism [Niccolo Machiavelli (14691527), Florentine statesman, political theorist and writer, advocated establishment and maintenance of authority by any effective means. “The end justifies the means.”] Elizabethan Drama Christopher Marlowe (156493) ? Representative works: ? Tamburlaine the Great (158788), desire for power ? The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1589), desire for knowledge and happiness ? The Jew of Malta (1590) desire for money Elizabethan Drama 2. Major playwrights: Ben Jonson (15721637) ? a edy playwright in the early 17th century。 D. no women players。 from perfect heroes to imperfect ones (with flaws, foibles and limitations)so as to be closer to audience。 Elizabethan Drama 1. Main features: B. from epic to tragedy and edy。 from court to public。 ? didactic illustrations。 personifying abstract qualities (Everyman, Good Deeds, Death, Knowledge)。 ? authors anonymous. III. Origin of English Drama Origin 2. Miracle plays ? of the lives and deeds of the saints or important figures like Virgin Mary。 III. Origin of English Drama Origin 1. Mystery plays ? cycles of mystery, such as creation and judgment。 ? in the 14th century, during festivals like Easter。 with a few years’ exception (Mary15531558), Protestantism (新教 ) was firmly established in England, with only Ireland keeping to Roman Catholicism Literature a). classic and Italian and French works: ? Plato and Aristotle ? Plutarch’s Lives of the N