)《帖木儿》
TamburlaineisaplayaboutanambitiousandpitilessTartarconquerorinthefourteethcenturywhorosefromashepherdtoanoverpoweringking.Byfloutingthegivenorderandtramplingondespairingprinces,Tamburlainedisplayedahigh-aspiringmindthatwasself-createdandcarriedbyloveanddreamsbeyondthelimitsofmoralexistence.Hisvictorieswereatriumphofimmensenaturalenergyandofruthlessnessoverequallycruelbutweakanddecadentcivilizations.Bydepictingagreatherowithhighambitionandsheerbrutalforceinconqueringoneenemyafteranother,MarlowevoicedthesupremedesireofthemanoftheRenaissanceforinfinitepowerandauthority.Infact,TamburlaineisaproductofMarlowe'scharacteristicallyRenaissanceimagination,fascinatedbytheearthlymagnificenceavailabletomenofimaginativepowerwhohavetheenergyoftheirconvictions.
《帖木儿》讲述了14世纪一个普通牧民帖木儿，如何登上国王宝座，成为一个野心勃勃，残暴无情的鞑靼统治者的故事。通过蔑视上方的命令并粗暴对待那些陷入绝境的王公们，帖木儿展示了一颗报负不凡的野心，这可自我培养的野心还充满了不受道德约束的情欲。他的节节胜利是他巨大的自然力量的胜利，也是他残暴对待同样残酷但却更软弱颓废的闻名世界的胜利，马洛通过刻画一个百战百盛的枭雄，表达了文艺复兴时期的人们渴望获得无穷力量与权势的心情。
