"Marlowe's Second City": The Jew as Critic at the Rose in 1592

Kermode, Lloyd Edward

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“…Kermode pointed out that when Marlowe introduced Barabas by placing him in a "counting-house, with heaps of gold before him", it was al-X. Shi ready "a blatant taunting device" (Kermode, 1995).…”

Section: The Exaggerated Portrayal Of Jewish Magnates and Local Econo...mentioning

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Narratives of Jews in Shakespearean England and National Anxiety

Xing¹,

Liu²

2023

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The globalization and trade boom brought about by the Age of Discovery not only provided economic growth opportunities for various countries, but also brought about social and early mobility disruptions. After Elizabeth's ascension to the throne, while England experienced domestic religious turmoil and foreign political crises, the government began to consider the readmitting of the Jews as a new breakthrough in overseas trade, given their advantages in lending and commerce. In an age of economic expansion, the contradiction between the trade temptation and the anxiety about nationality and identity, caused by early "modernity", was fully reflected in this dispute, and the Jews became the real projection of the British people's fear of "mobility" and change in early modern society. The playwrights of this period, through the depiction of exotic geography and transnational trade, participated in this political debate through public performances, and sparked a series of discussions on national maritime affairs, domestic economic balance, and national security anxieties. Thus, scriptwriting became their flexible space for releasing anxiety and expressing political demands.

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Section: The Exaggerated Portrayal Of Jewish Magnates and Local Econo...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Narratives of Jews in Shakespearean England and National Anxiety

Xing¹,

Liu²

2023

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2014

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The Bondage of Barabas: Thwarted Desire in The Jew of Malta

Menpes¹

2003

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The actions of Barabas in Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta are bound entirely by and to the policy of his dramatic world. The limitations imposed upon Barabas ensure the violation of his identity as successful merchant. Such a violation is made manifest through Barabas' exchange of his mercantile endeavours for activities of revenge. The outcome is that Barabas makes an unsuccessful Revenger. Understanding Barabas in this way fits certain of the critical claims about the presentation of The Jew of Malta : namely, that Barabas has only a partial capacity for manipulation, his stratagems are flawed, and his articulations lack transformative power. In addition, the dramatic world of the play is morally bankrupt, politically vicious, irreligious, and spiritually debased. In such a world, Barabas proves to be the quintessential victim.

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"Marlowe's Second City": The Jew as Critic at the Rose in 1592

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Narratives of Jews in Shakespearean England and National Anxiety

Narratives of Jews in Shakespearean England and National Anxiety

(Re)staging the rhetorics of space

The Bondage of Barabas: Thwarted Desire in The Jew of Malta

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