What Is The Meaning Of Hero And Leander By Christopher Marlowe
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A dwarfish beldame 41 beares me companie, That hops about the chamber where I lie, And spends the night that might be better spent In vaine discourse, and apish merriment. And like a planet, moving several wayes 42 , At one selfe instant, she poore soule assaies, Loving, not to love at all, and everie part, Strove to resist the motions of her hart. And hands so pure, so innocent, nay such, As might have made heaven stoope to have a touch, Did she uphold to Venus , and againe, Vow'd spotlesse chastitie, but all in vaine, Cupid beats downe her prayers with his wings, Her vowes above the emptie aire he flings: All deepe enrag'd, his sinowie bow he bent, And shot a shaft that burning from him went, Wherewith she strooken, look't so dolefully, As made Love sigh, to see his tyrannie.
And as she wept, her teares to pearle he turn'd, And wound them on his arme, and for her mourn'd. Then towards the palace of the destinies, Laden with languishment and griefe he flies. And to those sterne nymphs humblie made request, Both might enjoy each other, and be blest. But with a ghastly dreadful countenance, Threatning a thousand deaths at every glance, They answered Love, nor would vouchsafe so much As one poore word, their hate to him was such.
Harken a while, and I will tell you why 43 : Heavens winged herald, Joue-borne Mercury , The selfe-same day that he asleep had layd Inchanted Argus 44 , spied a countrie mayd, Whose carelesse haire, in stead of pearle t'adorne it, Glistred with dew, as one that seem'd to skorne it: Her breath as fragrant as the morning rose, Her mind pure, and her tongue untaught to glose. Yet proud she was, for loftie pride that dwells In tow'red courts, is oft in shepherds cells. And too too well the faire vermilion knew, And silver tincture of her cheekes, that drew The love of every swaine: On her this god Enamoured was, and with his snakie rod, Did charme her nimble feet, and made her stay, The while upon a hillock downe he lay, And sweetly on his pipe began to play, And with smooth speech her fancie to assay, Till in his twining armes he lockt her fast, And then he woo'd with kisses, and at last, As shepherds do, her on the ground he layd, And tumbling in the grasse , he often strayd Beyond the bounds of shame, in being bold To eye those parts, which no eye should behold.
And like an insolent commanding lover, Boasting his parentage, would needs discover The way to new Elisium 45 : but she, Whose only dower was her chastitie, Having striv'n in vaine, was now about to crie, And crave the helpe of shepherds that were nie. Herewith he staid his furie, and began To give her leave to rise, away she ran, After went Mercurie , who used such cunning, As she to heare his tale, left off her running.
Maids are not won by brutish force and might, But speeches full of pleasures and delight. And knowing Hermes courted her, was glad That she such lovelinesse and beautie had, As could provoke his liking, yet was mute, And neither would denie, nor grant his sute. Still vowd he love, she wanting no excuse To feed him with delayes, as women use: Or thirsting after immortalitie, All women are ambitious naturallie, Imposed upon her lover such a taske, As he ought not performe, nor yet she aske. A draught of flowing Nectar 46 she requested, Where with the king of Gods and men is feasted. He readie to accomplish what she wild, Stole some from Hebe Hebe, Joves cup fild, And gave it to his simple rustike love, Which being knowne as what is hid from Jove He inly storm'd, and waxt more furious, Than for the fire filcht by Prometheus ; And thrusts him down from heauen, he wandring heere, In mournful tearmes, with sad and heavie cheere Complaind to Cupid, Cupid for his sake, To be reveng'd on Joue , did undertake, And those on whom heaven, earth, and hell relies, I meane the Adamantine Destinies 47 , He wounds with love, and forst them equallie, To dote upon deceitful Mercurie.
They offered him the deadly fatal knife, That sheares the slender threads of humane life, At his faire feathered feet, the engins layd, Which th'earth from ugly Chaos den up-wayd: These he regarded not, but did entreat, That Jove , usurper of his fathers seat, Might presently be banisht into hell, And aged Saturne in Olympus dwell. They granted what he crav'd, and once againe, Saturne and Ops , began their golden raigne. But long this blessed time continued not, As soone as he his wished purpose got; He recklesse of his promise, did despise The love of th'everlasting Destinies.
They seeing it, both Love and him abhor'd, And Jupiter unto his place restor'd. And but that Learning, in despight of Fate, Will mount aloft, and enter heaven gate, And to the seat of Jove it selfe advance, Hermes had slept in hell with ignorance. Yet as a punishment they added this, That he and Povertie should alwayes kis. And to this day is everie scholler poore, Grosse gold from them runs headlong to the boore.
Likewise the angrie sisters thus deluded, To venge themselues on Hermes , have concluded That Midas brood 49 shall sit in Honors chaire, To which the Muses sonnes are only heire: And fruitful wits that in aspiring are, Shall discontent run into regions farre; And few great Lords in vertuous deeds shall joy, But be surpris'd with every garish toy. And still enrich the loftie servile clowne, Who with encroaching guile, keepes learning downe.
Then muse not Cupids suit no better sped, Seeing in their loves the Fates were injured. The end of the first Sestiad. Second Sestiad By this, sad Hero , with love unacquainted, Viewing Leanders face, fell downe and fainted. He kist her, and breath'd life into her lips, Wherewith as one displeasde, away she trips. Yet as she went, full often lookt behinde, And many poore excuses did she finde, To linger by the way, and once she staid, And would have turnde againe, but was afraid, In offring parlie, to be counted light. Her painted fanne of curled plumes let fall, Thinking to traine Leander there withal. He being a novice, knew not what she meant, But stayd, and after her a letter sent.
Which joyful Hero answered in such sort, As he had hope to scale the beauteous fort, Wherein the liberal graces lock'd their wealth, And therefore to her tower he got by stealth. Wide open stood the doore, he need not clime; 20 And she her selfe before the pointed time, Had spread the board, with roses strowed the roome, And oft look'd out, and mus'd he did not come. At last he came, O who can tell the greeting, These greedie lovers had, at their first meeting. He askt, she gave, and nothing was denied, Both to each other quickly were affied. Sweet are the kisses, the embracements sweet, 30 When like desires and affections meet, For from the earth to heaven, is Cupid rais'd, Where fancie is in equal balance pais'd 51 Yet she this rashnesse sodainly repented, And turn'd aside, and to her selfe lamented.
As if her name and honour had been wrong'd, By being possest of him for whom she long'd: I, and she wisht, albeit not from her hart, That he would leave her turret and depart. The mirthful God of amorous pleasure smil'd, 40 To see how he this captive Nymph beguil'd. For hitherto he did but fan the fire, And kept it downe that it might mount the higher. Now waxt she jealous, least his love abated, Fearing, her owne thoughts made her to be hated. Therefore unto him hastily she goes, And like light Salmacis 52 , her body throes Upon his bosome, where with yielding eyes, She offers up her selfe a sacrifice.
To slake his anger, if he were displeas'd, 50 O what god would not therewith be appeas'd? But know you not that creatures wanting sense, By nature have a mutual appetence, And wanting organs to advance a step, Mov'd by Loves force, unto each other lep? Much more in subjects having intellect, 60 Some hidden influence breeds like effect. Albeit Leander rude in love, and raw, Long dallying with Hero , nothing saw That might delight him more, yet he suspected Some amorous rites or other were neglected: Therefore unto his bodie, hers he clung, She, fearing on the rushes to be flung, Striv'd with redoubled strength, the more she strived, The more a gentle pleasing heat revived, Which taught him all that elder lovers know, 70 And now the same gan so to scorch and glow, As in plaine termes yet cunningly he crav'd it.
Love alwayes makes those eloquent that have it. Shee, with a kind of granting, put him by it, And ever as he thought himselfe most nigh it, Like to the tree of Tantalus 54 she fled, And seeming lavish, sav'de her maidenhead. Ne're king more sought to keepe his diademe, Than Hero this inestimable gem. Above our life we love a steadfast friend, 80 Yet when a token of great worth we send, We often kisse it, often looke thereon, And stay the messenger that would be gon: No marvel then, though Hero would not yield So soone to part from that she dearly held. Jewels being lost are found againe, this never, Tis lost but once, and once lost, lost for ever. Now had the morne espy'de her lovers steeds, Whereat she starts, puts on her purple weeds, And red for anger that he stayd so long, 90 All headlong throwes her selfe the clouds among, And now Leander fearing to be mist, Imbrast her sodainly, tooke leave, and kist, Long was he taking leave and loath to go, And kist againe, as lovers use to do, Sad Hero wrung him by the hand, and wept, Saying, let your vowes and promises be kept.
Then standing at the doore, she turned about As loath to see Leander going out. And now the sunne that through th'horizon peepes, As pitying these lovers, downeward creepes. So that in silence of the cloudie night, Though it was morning, did he take his flight. But what the secret trustie night conceal'd, Leanders amorous habit soone reveal'd, With Cupids myrtle was his bonnet crownd, About his armes the purple riband wound, Wherewith she wreath'd her largely spreading haire, Nor could the youth abstaine, but he must weare The sacred ring wherewith she was endow'd, When first religious chastitie she vow'd: Which made his love through Sestos to be knowne, And thence unto Abydos sooner blowne, Than he could saile, for incorporeal Fame, Whose weight consists in nothing but her name, Is swifter than the wind, whose tardie plumes, Are reeking water, and dull earthlie fumes.
Home when he came, he seem'd not to be there, But like exiled aire thrust from his sphere, Set in a foreign place, and straight from thence, Alcides 55 like, by mightie violence, He would have chac'd away the swelling maine , That him from her unjustly did detaine. Like as the sunne in a Diameter 56 , Fires and inflames objects removed farre, And heateth kindly, shining lat'rally; So beautie, sweetly quickens when t'is nie, But being separated and removed, Burnes where it cherisht, murders where it loved. Therefore even as an Index to a booke, So to his mind was young Leanders looke, O none but gods have power their love to hide, Affection by the count'nance is descride.
The light of hidden fire it selfe discovers, And love that is conceal'd, betrayes poore lovers. His secret flame apparently was seene, Leanders Father knew where he had beene, And for the same mildly rebuk't his sonne, Thinking to quench the sparckles new begonne. But love resisted once, growes passionate, And nothing more than counsaile, lovers hate. For as a hot proud horse highly disdaines, To have his head control'd, but breakes the raines, Spits forth the ringled bit, and with his hooves, Checkes the submissive ground: so he that loves, The more he is restrain'd, the worse he fares, What is it now, but mad Leander dares?
O Hero, Hero , thus he cry'de full oft, And then he got him to a rocke aloft. Where having spy'de her tower, long star'd he on't, And pray'd the narrow toyling Hellespont , To part in twaine, that he might come and go, But still the rising billowes answered no. With that he stript him to the ivorie skin, And crying, Love I come, leapt liuely in. Whereat the sapphire-visag'd god 57 grew proud, And made his capering Triton sound aloud, Imagining, that Ganymed displeas'd, Had left the heavens, therefore on him he seiz'd. Leander striv'd, the waves about him wound, And pulled him to the bottome, where the ground Was strewd with pearle, and in low corral groves Sweet singing Mermaids, sported with their loves On heapes of heavie gold, and tooke great pleasure, To spurne in carelesse sort, the shipwracke treasure.
For here the stately azure palace stood, Where kingly Neptune and his traine abode, The lustie god embra'st him, called him love, And swore he never should returne to Jove. But when he knew it was not Ganymed , For under water he was almost dead, He heav'd him up, and looking on his face, Beat downe the bold waves with his triple mace, Which mounted up, intending to have kist him, And fell in drops like teares, because they mist him. Leander being up began to swim, And looking backe, saw Neptune follow him. He clapt his plumpe cheekes, with his tresses playd, And smiling wantonly, his love bewrayd. He watcht his armes, and as they opened wide, At every stroke, betwixt them would he slide, And steale a kisse, and then run out and dance, And as he turned, cast many a lustful glance, And threw him gawdie toyes to please his eye, And dive into the water, and there prie Upon his brest, his thighes, and everie limb, And up againe, and close beside him swim.
Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena. I will be Paris, and for love of thee, Instead of Troy, shall Wittenberg be sack'd; And I will combat with weak Menelaus, And wear thy colours on my plumed crest; Yea, I will wound Achilles in the heel, And then return to Helen for a kiss. O, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars; Brighter art thou than flaming Jupiter When he appear'd to hapless Semele; More lovely than the monarch of the sky In wanton Arethusa's azur'd arms; And none but thou shalt be my paramour! Like 16 14 Thank ya Keep going Lovely post Like Jawahar Gupta - Amazing, I love.
More lovely than the monarch of the sky Great! Lil Lady - Poem. NinRec - Great I had to memorize this poem when in high school, a very beautiful piece! Redhawk - Great poem taken from Marlowe's play,'Doctor Faustus'. If you read the poem in this context,then the poetry has more meaning and the Irony is exteremly powerful as it shows Faustus,an intellectual Giant, to be so naive as a lamb being taken to its slaughter. And Faustus was supposed to be such a Great Man of learning who could not gain anymore knowledge through scholastic means so he enters into a pact with Mephostophilis to gain more knowledge and Power.
Instead he damns himself. Zai Luna Fortuna - This is really lovely. Like so many of your viewers, I remembered it as being one of the most beautiful in English literature. PsychoDynamic - I played Helena in a production and almost cried with embarrassment that the most beautiful lines ever written in the English language were being aimed at me. Opening night I shed real and deep tears at the poetry of Marlowe's word. It was a massive breakthrough for me in terms of my acting.
There is something queer about the whole episode" and said that Hotson's discovery "raises almost as many questions as it answers". One of the main reasons for doubting the truth of the inquest concerns the reliability of Marlowe's companions as witnesses. Some biographers, such as Kuriyama and Downie, take the inquest to be a true account of what occurred but in trying to explain what really happened if the account was not true, others have come up with a variety of murder theories.
Since there are only written documents on which to base any conclusions and since it is probable that the most crucial information about his death was never committed to paper, it is unlikely that the full circumstances of Marlowe's death will ever be known. For his contemporaries in the literary world, Marlowe was above all an admired and influential artist. The most famous tribute to Marlowe was paid by Shakespeare in As You Like It , where he not only quotes a line from Hero and Leander "Dead Shepherd, now I find thy saw of might, 'Who ever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight? In Hamlet , after meeting with the travelling actors, Hamlet requests the Player perform a speech about the Trojan War, which at 2. In Love's Labour's Lost Shakespeare brings on a character "Marcade" three syllables in conscious acknowledgement of Marlowe's character "Mercury", also attending the King of Navarre, in Massacre at Paris.
The significance, to those of Shakespeare's audience who were familiar with Hero and Leander , was Marlowe's identification of himself with the god Mercury. An argument has arisen about the notion that Marlowe may have faked his death and then continued to write under the assumed name of William Shakespeare. Academic consensus rejects alternative candidates for authorship of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, including Marlowe. In , they renewed this call in their e-book Shakespeare Bites Back , adding that it "denies history" and again the following year in their book Shakespeare Beyond Doubt. Originally housed in a former s cinema on St. Margaret's Street, the Marlowe Theatre later moved to a newly converted 's era Odeon Cinema in the city.
After a reopening with a newly enhanced state-of-the-art theatre facility, the Marlowe now enjoys some of the country's finest touring companies including, Glyndebourne Opera , the Royal Shakespeare Company , the Royal National Theatre as well as many major West End musicals. There are at least two major modern scholarly editions of the collected works of Christopher Marlowe:. There are also notable scholarly collections of essays concerning the collected works of Christopher Marlowe, including:. Modern productions of the plays of Christopher Marlowe have increased in frequency throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the following notable productions:.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the English dramatist. For the American sportscaster, see Chris Marlowe. Canterbury , Kent, England. Deptford , Kent, England. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. May Learn how and when to remove this template message. February Learn how and when to remove this template message. Main articles: Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship and Shakespeare authorship question. Main article: Christopher Marlowe in fiction.
Henslowe's diary first lists Tamburlaine performances in , so the original playhouse is unknown. It has been suggested this may be the reason for the sums noted in Marlowe's entry in the buttery accounts. History holds its doors open. Retrieved 14 June Shakespeare's Marlowe: the influence of Christopher Marlowe on Shakespeare's artistry. ISBN In Wilson, Richard ed. Christopher Marlowe. London, New York: Routledge. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography January ed. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 June The register booke of the parish of St. George the Martyr, within the citie of Canterburie, of christenings, marriages and burials.
A Christopher Marlowe Chronology. Corpus Letter. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 93 : Who was Kit Marlowe? New York : Taplinger Pub. Retrieved 27 May A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Macmillan Retrieved 10 December In Cheney, Patrick ed. The Cambridge Companion to Christopher Marlowe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The New York Times. Retrieved 24 October Retrieved 23 January ISSN X. S2CID Smith, eds. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. ISSN Journal of Marlowe Studies. The Cambridge Champion of Christopher Marlowe. The Elizabethan Stage. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Tucker In Brooke, C.
Tucker ed. The Works of Christopher Marlowe Reprint ed. In Dyce, Alexander ed. The works of Christopher Marlowe, with notes and some account of his life and writings by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, Vol. London: William Pickering. Harper ed. London: Ernst Benn Limited. The Works of Christopher Marlowe. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. London: Jonathan Cape. Cambridge Companion , , p Christopher Marlowe: A Renaissance Life.
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