Christopher Marlowe
"Comparisons are odious", was once said by Christopher Marlowe in Lust's
Dominion, Act iii scene4. Christopher Marlowe has been identified as the most important
Shakespeare's predecessors. He was born in Canterbury, England, on February 6, 1564
and then baptized at St. George's Church, Canterbury, on February 25, 1564. Marlowe
was the eldest son of John Marlowe, a shoemaker and Katherine Arthur, a Dover girl of
yeoman stock. Christopher's intermediate family and extended family had a reputation of
getting in trouble with the law. His sister was known for being a selfish person seeking
the unjust vexation of her neighbor's, while his father was always continually engaged in
lawsuits containing debts.
Christopher Marlowe entered the King's School at Canterbury in 1579. There he
held a scholarship requiring him to study Ministry. The school was a canter of theatrical
interests. It contained a large library filled with a number of volumes......
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