Unpack the most useful quotes from Christopher Marlowe's Edward II. This concise resource highlights key quotes and provides brief analysis, delivering quick and valuable insights into the play's central themes, characters, and historical context. Ideal for OCR English Literature students, this gui...
'may draw the pliant king which way I please' p.9 l. 52
'I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, musicians… Gav
'Yet you dare brave the king unto his face.' p.11 l.115 Kent
'Barons and earls, your pride hath made me mute.' Kent
'Come uncle, let us leave the brainsick king.' p.11 l.124
'the glozing head of thy base minion thrown.' p.11 l.132 Lancaster about Gav
'And sooner shall the sea o'erwhelm my land then bear
the ship that shall transport thee hence.' p.12 l. 151-153
'Throw off his golden mitre, rend his stole, and in the channel christen him anew.' p.13 l.186-187
Debasement motif. To the bishop of Coventry.
'For this offence be thou accurst of God.' p.14 l.198 Archbishop of Coventry
Scene 2
'What, will they tyrannize upon the Church? Ah, wicked King! Accursèd Gaveston!' p.15 l.3-4
Lancaster
'That villain Gaveston is made an earl.' p.15 l.11 - motif of stressing Gaveston's class Lan
'Who, swoll'n with venom of ambitious pride, will be the ruin of the realm and us.' p.16 l.31-32 Mort
Jr
'Then let him stay; for rather than my lord shall be oppressed by civil mutinies, I will endure a
melancholy life, and let him frolic with his minion.' p.18 l.64-68
'Then may we lawfully revolt from him' p.18 l.73 Mort Jr
'Unless he be declined from that base peasant' p.20 l.7 Mort Jr
'Learn then to rule us better and the realm' p.22 l.39 Lan
'was ever king thus overruled as I?' Ed
'Ere my sweet Gaveston shall part from me, this isle shall fleet upon the ocean and wander to the
unfrequented Inde' p.22 l.47-51
'Make several kingdoms of this monarchy, and share it equally amongst you all, so I may have
some nook or corner left to frolic with my dearest Gaveston.' p.23 l.70-74 --> De-unionization
of England
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