The Fox and the Lion: Machiavellian Characters and Tactics in Renaissance Tragedies by Christopher Marlowe and Jacobean Tragedies by John Webster

Author

James Craig Austin, Longwood University

Date of Award

1999

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

English

First Advisor

Carolyn M. Craft, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Massie C. Stinson, Jr. Ph.D.

Third Advisor

Craig C. Challender, Ph.D.

Abstract

This thesis examines the ideologies of Machiavelli and how Webster and Marlowe adapt them into their plays. It looks at how the characters in these works of literature exhibit Machiavellian behaviors and how their lives and the world around them change as a result.

Comments

You can find a bound copy in Greenwood Library. It can be found here.

Recommended Citation

Austin, James Craig, "The Fox and the Lion: Machiavellian Characters and Tactics in Renaissance Tragedies by Christopher Marlowe and Jacobean Tragedies by John Webster" (1999). Theses & Honors Papers. 215.
https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/etd/215