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Christopher Marlowe
c. 1592
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Tragedy
The title, The Jew of Malta, refers descriptively to the protagonist, Barabas, who idolizes money, profit, and his daughter Abigail. Barabas's schemes and intrigues lead him steadily deeper into a net of treachery and deceit until he meets an agonizing, spectacular death.
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