The Jew of Malta | Topics for Further Study
Try to imagine that the Nazis had staged The Jew of Malta during World War II. Discuss some of the reasons why they might have done so, and consider how the performance might have been staged.
Compare Marlowe's play with Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. In what ways are Shylock and Barabas similar? How are they different?
Consider the historical events in England in the last half of the sixteenth-century. In what ways do these events influence Marlowe's play, especially the violence of the action?
Marlowe's primary theme is that of the corruption of...
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