Chinese name (English name (ID Number :Course and Section: ENG 2403 W01 Analysis of Shakespeare's method Nov. 10th, 2021 Analysis of Shakespeare's method for drawing characters Although Marlow andShakespeareboth describe the same characters——evil Jews — the different ways in which they do so reveals the uniqueness of Shakespeare’s method. Through the character of Barabas, Marlow expresses the simple idea that Jews are evil, whereas, through representing Shylock as if he were a real, complex person,Shakespeare is revealed as someone for whom character, in all its complexity and richness, trumps the communication of a simple or straightforward position. InThe Jew of Malta, Barabas is straightforwardly and simply portrayed as a villainous man, which can be seen in the following texts. BARABAS. As for myself, I walk abroad o' nights, And kill sick people groaning under walls: Sometimes I go about and poison wells; And now and then, to cherish Christian thieves, I am content to lose some of my crowns, That I may, walking in my gallery, See 'em go pinion'd along by my door. Being young, I studied physic, and began To practice first upon the Italian; There I enrich'd the priests with burials, And always kept the sexton's arms in ure With digging graves and ringing dead men's knells: And, after that, was I an engineer, And in the wars 'twixt France and Germany, Under pretence of helping Charles the Fifth,
