![]() Even the local friars, Jacomo and Bernardine, employ Machiavellian tactics, as does the prostitute Bellamira and her friend Pilia-Borza, the thief. ![]() After he exploits Malta’s Jews to pay the tribute money owed to Selim-Calymath and the Turks, Ferneze schemes with Martin Del Bosco, the Vice-Admiral of Spain, to keep the tribute money. Ferneze, Malta’s governor, also resorts to Machiavellianism. ![]() Barabas, the richest Jew in Malta, came into his enormous stockpile of gold through Macheville’s “means,” and he is willing to lie and murder-even his own daughter, Abigail-to maintain his wealth. The play’s narrator, a ghost named Macheville, is the embodiment of Machiavelli himself, and the other characters likewise prescribe to the “policy” of Machiavellianism. Machiavelli died in 1527, but his name has long since been synonymous with unscrupulous scheming and godless corruption in the name of self-interest, and this idea is reflected in The Jew of Malta. Machiavellianism is a political philosophy based upon the writings of Italian diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli and his political treatise, The Prince. ![]()
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