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Tamburlaine

[ tam-ber-leyn ]

noun



Tamburlaine

/ ˈtæmbəˌleɪn /

noun

  1. same as Tamerlane


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Alluding to Tamburlaine the great, or the Scythian Shepheard, 1590, 8vo.

In Tamburlaine it is the power of conquest, stirred by and reflecting, as we have seen, the great deeds of his day.

But there is no passionate sequence in Tamburlaine; it is a monotonous record of much-vaunted triumphs.

Tamburlaine's rant about the kings who draw his chariot, or puts fragments of similar bombast into the mouth of Pistol.

A play such as Marlowe's Tamburlaine can never be regarded as great drama.

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