On May 30, 1593, Christopher Marlowe was killed in a quarrel over a supper bill at a boarding house in Deptford. An argument escalated to violence, resulting in Marlowe inflicting a mortal wound on his attacker in self-defense, although he himself succumbed to injuries. His death elicited mixed reactions: while some, like George Peele, mourned the loss of a literary visionary, others expressed indifference or even satisfaction due to Marlowe's controversial reputation as a brawler and atheist, highlighting the polarized views of his life and legacy.
"The man who had lost his life in this apparently meaningless struggle was none other than Christopher 'Kit' Marlowe, the 29-year-old darling of Elizabethan theatre and poetry."
"fellow poet George Peele lamented the loss of a literary genius, referring to Marlowe as 'the darling of the muses' while Thomas Dekker imagined his soul in the Elysian Fields."
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