CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE: THE JEW OF MALTA (WITH TEXT)

The Grand Seignior of Turkey having demanded the tribute of Malta, the Governor of Malta decides that it shall be paid by the Jews of the island. Barabas, a rich Jew, who resists the edict, has all his wealth impounded and his house turned into a nunnery. In revenge he indulges in an orgy of slaughter, procuring the death of his daughter Abigail's lover among others and poisoning Abigail herself. Malta being beseiged by the Turks, he betrays the fortress to them, and, as a reward, is made its Governor. He now plots the destruction of the Turkish commander and his force at a banquet by means of a collapsible door; but he is himself betrayed and hurled through the same floor into a cauldron, where he dies. This critical study of Christopher Marlowe's third play, The Jew of Malta, covers Marlowe's achievements and failures as a dramatist, and his masterly rendition of blank verse in the episodic play. The text of the play is given along with annotations and paraphrase, and the critical and textual problems have been answered for the benefit of students in our universities Shakti Batra has been Vice-Principal, Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi), has also taught at the Kabul University and the University of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek.

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