Monday, May 25, 2020

Analysis Of Ben Johnson And Christopher Marlow Essay

Now, you all know about the famous playwright William Shakespeare. However, do you know about the other famous play writers of the time? Now, your reaction might be, â€Å"Wait, huh? There were other playwrights during Shakespeare’s time?† Yes there were, and they were actually quite famous. Two of the most prominent ones were Ben Johnson and Christopher Marlow. Today, we mainly focus on Shakespeare and his works. However, each of these men were making plenty of moolah back in the day. They even each other and had very light rivalries. I will be talking about these two men’s works and how they affected Elizabethan drama. (Volunteer doopededoo) So, let’s start with Ben Johnson. This man was first born in London, England in 1572, just nine years after Shakespeare was born. Shortly after little Ben was born, his dear sweet father died. His mother, being, you know, poor, remarried a bricklayer. Ben would then go to the St. Martin’s Parish school and learn about many classical figures, such as the scholar William Camden. After graduating, Ben became a bricklayer, just like his new father! Yet, he didn’t really like this too much, so he went to serve in the military at Flanders. Yet, he didn’t really like this either. So, he decided to be an actor instead! Ben was finally on the road to making some great literary works! In 1594, Ben married Anne Lewis and had too beautiful children. Besides this, we don’t know much about his family. Ben described his wife as

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