Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice is an example of how the playwright uses his mentor's influence and makes it his own. Shakespeare differentiates his Merchant of Venice from Marlow's Jew of Malta by repositioning the trial scene, which is also the climax of the play, to the end. ... A more immediate model for the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice was probably the character of Barabas in the play The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe. ... When we compare The Merchant of Venice to a play such as The Jew of Malta we can see just how far Shakespeare rose abov...

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