电视剧《Will》中的Shakespeare（右）和Marlowe
两人生活中都遭遇挫折，Shakespeare好友和女友（出轨对象）都受到宗教斗争的迫害，英王伊丽莎白主张新教，天主教徒的命运可想而知。Marlowe爱人去世，主张无神论的他灵魂一度彷徨不安，甚至去找天主教神父那里寻找信仰，在精神崩溃的边缘，写出举世名作The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus（《浮士德博士的悲剧》）。
英文原诗：
Nature that framed us of four elements,
Warring within our breasts for regiment,
Doth teach us all to have aspring minds:
Our souls ,whose faculties can comprehend
The wondrous architeculties of the world,
Still climbing sfter knowledge infinite,
And always moving as the restlesss spheres,
Will us to wear ourselves and never rest,
Until we reach the ripest fruit of all.
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