Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

CELEBINUS

in 2 Tamburlaine the Great — Marlowe, Christopher

Metadata

Play2 Tamburlaine the Great
AuthorMarlowe, Christopher
Year (catalogued)1590
First performance1588
Decade1590s
GenreTragedy
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyAdmiral's (Nottingham's) Men
Speech prefix(es)Cel. | Celib.
Words200
Characters1009
Typicality0.29 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA07004.2
BritDrama no.789
ClusterCluster 21 — Old fathers & plain counsel

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Full speech

Yes father, you shall see me if I live, Have under me as many kings as you, And march with such a multitude of men, As all the world shall tremble at their view. No Madam, these are speeches fit for us, For if his chair were in a sea of blood, I would prepare a ship and sail to it. Ere I would lose the title of a king, My mother's death hath mortified my mind, And sorrow stops the passage of my speech. 'Tis nothing: give me a wound father. Here father, cut it bravely as you did your own See father, how Almeda the Jailer looks upon us. Call forth our laisie brother from the tent, For if my father miss him in the field, Wrath kindled in the furnace of his breast, Will send a deadly lightning to his heart. Oh cowardly boy, fie for shame, come forth. Thou dost dishonour manhood, and thy house. How Like you that sir king? why speak you not? Your pains do pierce our souls, no hope sur vives, For by your life we entertain our lives, And here this table as a Register Of all her virtues and perfections.

Plot summary

Plot — 2 Tamburlaine the Great
Q@reames has invaded Europe, but the advance of @amiburlaine in Asia forces him to make peace: he concludes a defensive treaty with SigiSiOHa) and both swear by the gods of their respective religions. Sigismond breaks his vow and makes war; Orcanes prays to Jesus Christ for victory, and Sigismond interprets his defeat as divine vengeance for his perjury. Bajazetli’s son @allapimé escapes from prison in Egypt by offering his jailer wealth and a crown. He is installed as Emperor of Turkey, and he and (Bamiburlaine muster their forces for war on one another. Tamburlaine encourages his sons to martial pursuits, and promises to settle the succession on the most warlike, not the eldest. He teaches them courage by wounding himself, but @alypHaS proves reluctant. Zenoeraté dies. Tamburlaine has her body embalmed and takes it with him; Bamissa, the town of her death, is burned. @echelles and [iieridamas besiege BalSSPA at the Syrian frontier. The fort is taken and its captain shot; determined not to outlive him, his wife Olympia kills her son but is captured before she can kill herself. Miteridamias woos her, and threatens rape when she rejects him. She offers him an ointment that will make him invulnerable, and offers to test it by anointing her own throat; this turns out to be a trick to make him kill her. Wamburiaine’s forces arrive at the frontier and give battle. GalyphasiStays away, preferring to play cards, so Tamburlaine kills him. Callapine’s subject kings are captured and made to draw Tamburlaine’s chariot, while the Turkish concubines are given to the common soldiers. Callapine himself escapes and regroups while Tamburlaine marches on Babylon. EH@GG¥ErHOE is captured, hung up in chains on his city walls, and shot. The citizens are drowned in the asphalt lake nearby. Tamburlaine burns the Koran and challenges Muhammad to take vengeance. He is taken ill and dies, regretting the parts of the world he has left unconquered. Amyras succeeds his father, while Callapine’s army advances.