Confrontation of Barabas and Abigale in Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe:

Confrontation of Barabas and Abigale in Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe:

          Barabas and Abigale are important characters in Jew of Malta, confronts being father and daughter, by Christopher Marlowe. Abigale seems to be loyal to Barabas in the play comparing with Barabas .She is initially dutiful to her father and unwittingly helps him to mislead Mathias and Lodowick

          Abigale, to see Barabas surrounded with political and financial problems helps him in getting back the money he had hidden underground of the house. Though Barabas vows revenge against Governor Ferneze but first he attempts to recover some of the treasures he has hidden in his mansion. They make a plan to get money and his daughter, Abigale, pretends to convert to Christianity in order to enter the convent. Though it was a big job for a woman but she not only pretends to be religious but also gets treasure back successfully and smuggles out her father's gold at night.

          While on the other hand Barabas doesn’t hesitate to trap Abigale into the plan he knitted for the sake of  revenge against governor. He thinks about his wealth and about revenge but not about Abigale and her emotional attachment with her love. He creates misunderstandings between two persons to challenge them for his purpose but not for Abigale.

          Barabas thinks that he can use Lodowick to exact revenge on Ferneze, and so he dupes the young man into thinking Abigail will marry him. Barabas seizes on this opportunity and sends his servant, to deliver a forged letter to Mathias, supposedly from Lodowick, challenging him to a duel where Mathias and Lodowick kill each other in the duel orchestrated by Barabas. At home, he misleads her by giving her false hopes and orders his reluctant daughter to get betrothed to Lodowick. In the end Ithamore reveals all about to Abigale who becomes extreme dishearten and enters the convent.

 On this he again thinks about him and his wealth but not think about Abigale. When Barabas finds out what Abigail has done, he is enraged, and he decides to poison the food to kill nuns including Abigale. He realizes that Abigail has confessed his crimes there and in order to distract the priests he pretends again that he wants to convert to Christianity and give all his money to whichever monastery he joins. Barabas from starting to end deceives his daughter, governor, servant and priests which cause his tragic end.