Jew of Malta : the chief character (Barabbas) of Marlowe’s blank-verse play “The Jew of Malta”, produced about 1592 but not published until 1633.
... spring from prejudice and the echo of a prejudice; they are evidence not of a more vigorous critical mind but of a restricted critical sympathy. Certainly if we expect a Beautiful White Devil or a Jew of Malta from the Hindu dramatist, we Page 192 shall be disappointed; he deals not in these splendid or horrible masks. If we come to him for a Lear or a Macbeth, we shall go away discontented; ...
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