Linguistic Peculiarities of Christopher Marlowe’s Works

Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), one of the most significant playwrights of the English Renaissance, occupies a unique position in the development of English drama and poetic language. His works, marked by linguistic innovation, rhetorical mastery, and metrical sophistication, laid the foundation for the Elizabethan stage later perfected by William Shakespeare. This article examines the linguistic peculiarities of Marlowe’s works, focusing on his use of blank verse, rhetorical devices, lexical choices, and the stylistic features that distinguish his language from his contemporaries.