Author(s): Dr. Wael Fadhil Hasobi

Abstract: Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta is analyzed in this paper for its juridical and biopolitical significance. It was the goal of early modern city planners to prevent diseases from spreading across the city's public spaces. By protecting the politic body from sickness, Malta's walls help differentiate between the physical and metaphysical world. In Marlowe's view, the national body is a living thing threatened by alien bodies. According to the play's medical discourse, pathogenic infiltrations of Turks and Catholics are eradicated by another invading entity, a Jew.

Keywords: Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta, city walls.

Article Info: Received: 19 Nov 2022; Received in revised form: 09 Dec 2022; Accepted: 16 Dec 2022; Available online: 21 Dec 2022

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.76.26