THE PUPIL OF LITERATURE

Born in Canterbury to a shoemaker, Christopher Marlowe , also known as Kit Marlowe ( 1564-1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. He is considered the best among the University Wits. It is also said that Marlowe was operating as a secret agent and has served the government in that capacity. A warrant was issued against him alleging blasphemy on 18 May 1593. Ten days later he was stabbed to death by Ingram Frizer. Foremost Elizabethan tragedian He greatly influenced Shakespeare who was born in the same year as he Plays are known for the use of Blank verse. In fact, the blank verse was first used in his plays.  Overreaching protagonist PLAYS           Dido, the Queen of Carthage Published in 1594, it is believed to have been his first play. It was performed by the Children of Chapel between 1587-93. The title page attributes the play to Marlowe and Thoams Nashe. The story focuses on the classical figure Dido and her obsessed love for Aeneas, his bet

 INTRODUCTION Machiavellianism is "the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct".    The word comes from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolo Machiavelli, born in 1469, who wrote  Il Principe ( The Prince).   Soon after its publication in the 16th century, it saw infecting Northern European politics. Having originated in Italy, it soon spread to France and the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572 in Paris is seen as the product of Machiavellianism. The concept was greatly influenced by the Huguenot Innocent Gentillet, who published his  DiscourscontreMachievel  in 1576.      DEPICTION OF MACHIAVELLIANISM IN ART   The concept of Machiavellianism was seized upon by many contemporaries. The English Playwrights William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe were enthusiastic proponents.    Shakespeare's Gloucester, later Richard the Third, refers to Machiavelli in  Henry the Sixth Part Three.   In  The