Because he refuses to willingly give up half his goods, Ferneze seizes everything, and converts his house into a nunnery. Immediately, however, he loses all of his wealth when he refuses to give half of his goods to the state for the tribute required by the Turks. He is first introduced adding to and gloating over his wealth, as his ships all come to Malta richly loaded. Barabas sends poisoned rice to the nunnery to kill her and the other nuns, but before she dies, Abigail confesses to Bernadine that her father caused the death of Lodowick and Mathias.īarabas is an extremely wealthy Jew of Malta.
After Abigail learns from Ithamore that Barabas' fake challenge has led to both their deaths, she decides to rejoin the nunnery. She does as he asks, unaware that he is using her to set the two men against each other. Barabas next has her pretend to be in love with Lodowick, despite her feelings for Mathias. Abigail does as he requests, drops the bags of treasure to him at night and then leaves the nunnery. Barabas instead asks that she join the nunnery that has moved into his house, so that she can retrieve his hidden treasure. She enters after he has been stripped of his goods by Ferneze, and offers to go to senate and try to move them with public mourning. She is poisoned with the other nuns by Barabas and sends for Bernadine to confess her.Ībigail is the daughter of Barabas. She agrees to allow Abigail to join the nunnery. The Abbess is the leader of the nunnery that is moved into Barabas' house after his goods are confiscated by Ferneze. (revised circa 1632?) Synopsis available, click here
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