ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Its hero-villain, Barabas a ‘wealthy Jew’, has a cruel but intoxicating desire for money and revenge, but is ultimately punished. The play was first performed around 1592, and first published in this edition of 1633 which includes additions by Thomas Heywood (1574–1641).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Jew of Malta, in full The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, five-act tragedy in blank verse by Christopher Marlowe, produced about 1590 and published in 1633.

Detailed explanation-3: -Among the little available information we have, Dido is believed to be the first Marlowe play performed, while it was Tamburlaine that was first to be performed on a regular commercial stage in London in 1587.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Jew of Malta (full title: The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta) is a play by Christopher Marlowe, written in 1589 or 1590. The plot primarily revolves around a Maltese Jewish merchant named Barabas.

Detailed explanation-5: -But Marlowe’s purpose in presenting us with this pantomime Jew is surely to satirise the crudity of the stereotype. It is a provocative or Hebdoesque piece of religious cartooning that challenges the complacencies and credulities of his audience.