Analysis of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II
as a Historical Play.
Man’s eternal quest is to
know the unknown, to see the unseen and is to discover the undiscovered things.
That’s the very spirit of the Elizabethan
age. They have the nostalgia to sink into the historical past and fetch
the pearl of spirit undaunted. Thus, Christopher Marlowe, the excellent Elizabethan writer squares the
juice of historical background and unlocked them in full-throated ease in his
play Edward II. He just
poured the ‘new wine into old bottles’ and stimulates the dozing spectators
into frenzied drunkards. So if anyone raises the question ‘Edward II –
as a historical play’, we must not hesitate to apt for other answers.
