Edward II
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All Themes Sex, Lineage, and the Natural Order Fear of the Other and Internal Discord Monarchy, Legitimacy, and Loyalty Language and Violence Fortune and Tragedy
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All Characters Edward II Piers Gaveston Mortimer Junior Isabella Edmund, Earl of Kent Prince Edward/Edward III Mortimer Senior The Earl of Lancaster Guy, Earl of Warwick Spencer Junior The Earl of Pembroke Bishop of Canterbury Bishop of Coventry Lord Maltravers/Earl of Arundel  Gourney  Lightborne Lady Margaret de Clare The Earl of Leicester The Mower
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Edward II

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Christopher Marlowe
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