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Waith (1984: 27–28)
Maxwell (1953: 92)
Waith (1984:36–37)
Kahn (1997: 70–71)
Waith (1984: 28–29)
Bate (1995: 93–94)
Bullough (1964: 24)
France Yates, Astraea: The Imperial Theme in the Sixteenth Century (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975), 70–79
Bate (1995: 92)
A. C. Hamilton, The Early Shakespeare (San Marino: Huntington Library, 1967), 87
Quoted in Waith (1984: 87)
Hunter (1983b: 183)
Quoted in Waith (1984: 83)
Law (1943: 147)
For an extensive examination of the complex copyright history of the play and prose, see Adams (1936) and W. W. Greg, A Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration, Volume 1: Stationers' Records, Plays to 1616 (London: Bibliographic Society, 1939)
Adams (1936: 8)
Dover Wilson (1948: viii)
Bullough (1966: 7–20)
Sargent (1971)
Mincoff (1971)
Metz (1975)
Conclusion
The assertion and the exercise of power are clear in this play.
Suffering emerges directly from the abuse of power and authority; it
culminates in a climax which ends in a tragedy. In this play, suffering
comes as a climax to a series of events in which power and authority are
their beginning. The king's suffering is the consequence of his moral abuse
of his position, and this eventually led to his tragic downfall that tore the
kingdom.
Abstract Power and suffering in Marlowe's Edward the Second
Edward the Second is truly Marlowe's masterpiece. It is a tragic
study of a king's weakness and misery. The king's weakness on controlling
his passions and desires caused his failure in using the kingly power which
in turn caused his downfall. The play focuses on the theme of power and
suffering which were Marlow's main concerns. In this play, the characters
were so determined to attain power and authority. The abuse of power and
authority by those characters caused their suffering.
The play deals with the conflict between a powerful group of
barons and the king Edward the Second. This conflict is due to the king's
infatuation with his favorite, Gaveston. The events moved rapidly to end
tragically with the heinous and brutal murder of the king who suffered the
loss of his throne as well as his life. Marlowe's view of suffering as a
retribution for sin made each character suffer the consequences of his own
sin.
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