...Pale of complexion, wrought in him with passion, Thirsting with sovereignty, with love of arms, 20 His lofty brows in folds do figure death, And in their...was, On which the breath of heaven delights to play, 25 Making it dance with wanton majesty. His arms and fingers long and sinewy, Betokening valor and...

...with it life and death" (Part One: 2.5.60-61); "Upon his brows was portrayed ugly death" (3.2.72); "His lofty brows in folds do figure death, / And in their smoothness amity and life" (2.1.21— 22)." York's is an almost formulaic statement of untrammeled heroic will, and it is anticipated...

...strongly knit, Such breadth of shoulders as might mainly bear Old Atlas' burden. Around his forehead: hangs a knot of amber hair, Wrapped in curls, as fierce...delights to play, Making it dance with wanton majesty. (Parti, II. 1.7-11,23-6)5 More importantly, Tamburlaine was a member of the ruling class. The historiographical...

...Marlowe's Tamburlaine, for instance, see either menace or friendship in his face, depending on his mood: "His lofty brows in folds do figure death, / And in their smoothness amity and life" (2.1.21-22). 8 In The Two Noble Kinsmen Emilia says that "Palamon / Has a most menacing aspect, his...

...love of arms. 20 His lofty brows in folds do figure death,0 And in their smoothness amity and life.0 About them hangs a knot of amber hair Wrapped in curls, as fierce Achilles' was,0 On which the breath of heaven delights to play, 25 Making it dance with wanton majesty. His arms...

...invested royally; Pale of eomplexion, wrought in him with passion, Thirsting with sovereignty, with love of arms. His lofty brows in folds do figure death,...About them hangs a knot of amber hair, Wrapped in eurls as fieree Aehilles' was, 395 R AH. 3.6. 10. On whieh the breath of heaven delights to play, Making...

...transcend the human; his physical characteristics are to be read as the outward signs of universal forces: 'His lofty brows in folds do figure death, / And in their smoothness amity and life.' Tamburlaine is seen as a personification, a prosopopoeia, rather than as a person with earthly human...

...transcend the human; his physical characteristics are to be read as the outward signs of universal forces: 'His lofty brows in folds do figure death, / And in their smoothness amity and life.' Tamburlaine is seen as a personification, a prosopopoeia, rather than as a person with earthly human...

...sensibility and Zenocrate's, the more powerfully because they are two faces of Tamburlaine himself: His lofty brows in folds do figure death, And in their smoothness amity and life. (One II.i.21-2) As a figure of life, he may command admiration—however reluctant we are to grant...

...sits invested royally: Pale of complexion, wrought in him with passion, Thirsting with sovereignty and love of arms; His lofty brows in folds do figure...was, On which the breath of Heaven delights to play, I Originally the height to which a falcon soared; hence for height in general. Here it means the shoulders....