Malta and Doctor Faustus. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is Marlowe s masterpiece.The tragedy of Doctor Faustus is symbolic of a humanist in the age of Renaissance. C)Marlowe's Literary Achievement 5 Marlowe was the greatest of the pioneers of English drama.He reformed the English drama and perfected the language and verse of dramatic works.It is Marlowe who first made blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter)the principal instrument of English drama.His blank verse is a living thing:it is vigorous,fluid and precise.It translates thoughts and emotions into rhythmical speech with happy exactness,thus interpreting the restlessly moving and questing spirit of the Renaissance.Marlowe's dramatic achievement lies chiefly in his epical and at times lyrical verse.His works paved the way for the plays of the greatest English dramatist-Shakespeare whose achievements were the monument of the English Renaissance. 1.2 Shakespeare's contemporary and successor 5 Ben Jonson (1572-1637)was a forerunner of classicism in English literature and the Poet Laureate of James I.he is chiefly remembered for his comedies Volpone,orthe Fox,The Alchemist. Malta and Doctor Faustus. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is Marlowe' s masterpiece. The tragedy of Doctor Faustus is symbolic of a humanist in the age of Renaissance. C) Marlowe's Literary Achievement Marlowe was the greatest of the pioneers of English drama. He reformed the English drama and perfected the language and verse of dramatic works. It is Marlowe who first made blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) the principal instrument of English drama. His blank verse is a living thing; it is vigorous, fluid and precise. It translates thoughts and emotions into rhythmical speech with happy exactness, thus interpreting the restlessly moving and questing spirit of the Renaissance. Marlowe's dramatic achievement lies chiefly in his epical and at times lyrical verse. His works paved the way for the plays of the greatest English dramatist – Shakespeare - whose achievements were the monument of the English Renaissance. 1.2 Shakespeare’s contemporary and successor Ben Jonson (1572-1637) was a forerunner of classicism in English literature and the Poet Laureate of James I. he is chiefly remembered for his comedies Volpone, or the Fox, The Alchemist. 5’ 5’