... Among the most well known of his plays are Tamburlaine,The Jew of Malta, and Doctor Faustus. In his writing, he pioneered the use of blank verse-nonrhyming lines of iambic pentameter-which many of his contemporaries, including William Shakespeare, later adopted. In 1593, however, Marlowe's career was cut short. After being accused of heresy (maintaining beliefs contrary to those of an approved religion), he was arrested and put on a sort of probation. On May 30, 1593, shortly after being released, Marlowe became involved in a tavern brawl and was killed when one of the combatants stabbed him in the head. After his death, rumors were spread accusing him of treason, atheism, and homosexuality, and some people speculated that the tavern brawl might have been the work of government agents. Little evidence to support these allegations has come to light, however. Doctor Faustus was probably written in 1592, although the exact date of ...

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