Gold
Nearly every character in The Jew of Malta lusts for gold, which in the play is symbolic of wealth, power and the greed that often comes along with it. Barabas is the richest Jew in…
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Barabas’s Nose
Throughout The Jew of Malta, Marlowe repeatedly alludes to protagonist Barabas’s enormous nose, which symbolizes the bigotry Barabas faces as a Jewish man in 16th-century Malta’s anti-Semitic society—and in 16th-century England as well…
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