How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #4
It's no sin to deceive a Christian,
For they themselves hold it a principle,
Faith is not to be held with heretics;
But all are heretics that are not Jews. (2.3.309-12)
Check out the way Barabas bases his Jewish practices upon Christian ones—he's adopting this Christian principle of not holding "faith" with non-Christians and then conveniently switching out their values for his.
Quote #5
Will Knights of Malta be in league with Turks,
And buy it basely, too, for sums of gold? (2.2.28-9)
Bosco and Ferneze are making a bargain: Bosco and his Spanish navy will back up the Maltese against the Turks. Why? Because Christians should stick together. Except not really. The real reason is that Bosco thinks Malta is a good investment, so he's actually buying his own "league" for "sums of gold."
Quote #6
Then were my thoughts so frail and unconfirmed,
And I was chained to follies of the world;
But now experience purchased with grief,
Has made me see the difference of things.
My sinful soul, alas, hath paced too long
The fatal labyrinth of misbelief,
Far from the Son that gives eternal life (3.3.59-65)
Abigail take the leap to truly convert and become a nun. She has decided the leave the messy "follies of the world" and escape society. What we want to ask is: do you think that the "fatal labyrinth of misbelief" is Judaism, or the tangled web of treachery that her father is stretching across Malta?