Analyse the character of Piers Gaveston in Marlow’s Edward II.

Analyse the character of Piers Gaveston in Marlow’s Edward II.

King Edward’s “French minion”, Gaveston is a remarkably well delineated Marlovian character. It is important from the point of view of the conflict in the play – the conflict between the sovereign and the barons of the realm. He is the central of all ruptures. But it’s not Gaveston alone who ignites the trouble; there is something in the nature of Junior Mortimer which flames and sets it on conflagration. The character of Gaveston has limited individual drawbacks, which have been exaggerated by the opposition.

In structure the character of Gaveston is simple and not of complex in the sense. His faults and foibles float on the surface. Had King Edward bestowed his mad affection on him we would hardly have been recognized on the street. He is proud, egoistic and with a vein of hatred for the barons.

According to the historical source, Gaveston came of a blue blood family. His father Arnold Gaveston was a Gascon Knight in the realm of Edward I. In an early age, Gaveston was banished from the kingdom for exercising corrupt influence on the Prince (Edward II). But when Edward II had become the King he recalled his once-bosom friend, Gaveston. Titles were heaped upon him. He was made the Earl of Cornwall and was married to King’s niece Margaret de Clare. The infuriated barons killed him finally in June 1312, for they could hardly break the rise of a mere upstart.....................................................................................

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