Edward II

I thought that Edward II was random with its characters. Every scene seemed to bring in a new character that everyone seemed to know. I didn't understand how Spencer just seemed to walk in to the play and next thing we know he is following around the king after Gaveston dies. One thing that really made me mad was the Queen. She claims to be completely in love with the Edward even though he spends more time with Gaveston and that she wants nothing to do with Mortimer, but in the end she helps plot with Mortimer to let him kill Edward. All of her competition for the king's affection is gone when Gaveston dies so she didn't have to let them kill Edward. 

It is really easy to sympathize with Edward because everything is going wrong for him. He is head over heels for Gaveston and everyone hates all of the policies that he has. Sometimes I think that Marlowe went a overboard with the whininess of King Edward. It seems like everything that comes out of his mouth is painful and depressing. For example, "My daily diet is heart-breaking sobs that almost rents the closet of my heart." Over and over again having to read this just got boring. The one thing that made me really hate King Edward was when he sent off his son so nonchalantly when France took over Normandy. He was so selfish thinking only of avenging Gaveston's death that he just throws his son to possibly get killed in France, but I think anyone would do that for the one they love. Marlowe in a sense though, made it seem like the prince was very young. When I was reading it I was thinking to myself that the prince was only five years old or something. In the end when the prince is so determined to avenge his father's death I realized he may have been old enough to handle himself in France.