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Christopher Marlowe was a famous English writer. He is also known as Kit Marlowe. He was born in Canterbury, few months ago of Shakespeare. He was known as the master of Shakespeare in tragedy.  His father John Marlowe was a shoe maker.He studied from Cambridge University and he was known as one of the university wits. His writing years considered from 1587 to 1593, almost 5 years. His first play is the Tamburlaine which was written at the age of 23 in 1587,after 5 years he was arrested on 18th May 1593 without any reason and in 1593 he was stabbed to death by Ingram Frizer.  "Tamburlaine the Great" is considered as the first play about the conqueror it was a great success and it was followed by two parts of it and it's two parts was published in 1590. All the other works except Tamburlaine was published posthumously, after the death of Christopher Marlowe.Ben Johnson gave a phrase"Marlowe's mighty lines"for his use of blank verse.His tragedies are also know...

Simile is a Figure of speech. It directly compares two things using "like" or "as." Example: The child was as brave as a lion in the face of danger. Literary Example: "Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like towers of Pisa." – Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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