Thoughts on Christopher Marlowe
Sep 9, 2018 · 10 min read
It is Aeneas’ frown that ends my days.
If he forsakes me not, I never die,
for in his looks I see eternity,
and he’ll make me immortal with a kiss.
— Dido’s death speech, Dido, Queen of Carthage
Born into a thoroughly average family, Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) could have been the leading light of…

