• 'I count religion but a childish toy,
And hold there is no sin but ignorance.'
-These lines are quoted by Christopher Marlowe in his famous tragedy -The Jew of Malta.
• The Jew of Malta, in full The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, একটি 5 acts বিশিষ্ট tragedy.
- এটি blank verse এ লেখা একটি revenge tragedy.
- ১৬৩৩ সালে এটি প্রকাশিত হয়।
- In order to raise tribute demanded by the Turks, the Christian governor of Malta seizes half the property of all Jews living in Malta. When Barabas, a wealthy Jewish merchant, protests, his entire estate is confiscated.
- Seeking revenge on his enemies, Barabas plots their destruction, but in the end, he is betrayed and dies the death he had planned for his enemies.
• Characters:
- Barabas (The protagonist of the play),
- Abigail (Barabas's daughter),
- Ithamore (Barabas's slave),
- Ferneze (Barabas's great enemy and the governor of Malta),
- Machevill (The narrator of the Prologue) etc.
• Christopher Marlowe, (baptized Feb. 26, 1564, Canterbury, Kent, Eng.—died May 30, 1593, Deptford, near London),
- He was an Elizabethan poet and Shakespeare’s most important predecessor in English drama, who is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic blank verse.
- He is considered as the greatest dramatist before Shakespeare.
• Some of Marlowe's literary works:
- The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus,
- The Jew of Malta,
- Tamburlaine the Great,
- Hero and Leander,
- Edward the Second,
- Dido, Queen of Carthage, etc.
Source: Britannica.