The Jew of Malta

By: Marlowe, Christopher

The play opens with the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccol? Machiavelli, introducing "the tragedy of a Jew." Machiavel expresses the cynical view that power is amoral, saying "I count religion but a childish toy, / And hold there is no sin but ignorance." Barabas begins the play in his counting-house. Stripped of all he has for protesting the Governor of Malta's seizure of the wealth of the country's whole Jewish population to pay off the warring Turks, he develops a murderous streak by, with the help of his slave Ithamore, tricking the Governor's son and his friend into fighting over the affections of his daughter, Abigal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798730741287
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"