The Jew of Malta (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Christopher Marlowe
- First Published: 1633
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Fifteenth century
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Slavery or slaves, Europe or Europeans, Betrayal, Jews or Jewish life, War, Fifteenth century, Middle Ages, Jews and Gentiles
- Locales: Malta
Places Discussed
*Malta. Small Mediterranean island group south of Sicily on which the entire play is set. Because of its strategic location in the Mediterranean, Malta was occupied by a succession of foreign powers, including the Ottoman Turks, who are besieging the island at the time in which the play is set, when the island has a Christian government ruled by the Knights of St. John.
Barabas’s house. Home of the wealthy merchant of the play’s title, Barabas, who alienates Malta’s governor by refusing to convert to Christianity or to give the government half of...
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