How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #4
If your first curse fall heavy on thy head
And make thee poor and scorned of all the world,
'Tis not our fault but thy inherent sin. (1.2.107-9)
Here, Ferneze claims that confiscating the Jews' property is really just the proper order of things. Why? Because Christians think Jews have "inherent sin" because they basically voted for the crucifixion of Christ way back when. That's right: Ferneze is telling the Jews that he's taking all their stuff because it's his religious duty to punish them for something the Jews did 1500 years ago. What a nice guy, right?
Quote #5
BARABAS: Good sir, your father has deserved it at my hands,
Who, of mere charity and Christian ruth,
To bring me to religious purity
And, as it were, in catechizing sort,
To make me mindful of my mortal sins,
Against my will, and whether I would or no,
Seized all I had, and thrust me out of doors,
And made my house a place for nuns most chaste.LODOWICK: No doubt your soul shall reap the fruit of it. (2.3.70-77)
Sure, we could have easily put this in the Themes: Hypocrisy section, but it works here, too: Ferneze can get only away with hypocrisy because of the prejudices against Jews. Here, Barabas is laying out the super obvious wrongs that Ferneze has done him, but Lodowick thinks it's fine. Why? Because, Barabas is telling the story of "a powerful man took advantage of me and stole everything I had," but Lodowick is hearing the story of "a good Christian man corrected, as was his religious duty, a sinful Jew."
Quote #6
But I perceive there is no love on earth,
Pity in Jews, nor piety in Turks. (3.3.47-8)
Abigail, having learned of her father's hand in Mathias and Lodowick's deaths, basically decides that all of these groups are equally contemptible (including her own religious community) and becomes a nun. Girl, we hear you. This place kind of drools. That said, it's debatable whether joining a nunnery in Marlowe's world actually gets you to a better place.