hed. It is the focus on practical success by any means, even at the expense of traditional moral values that earned Machiavelli a reputation for ruthlessness, deception and cruelty.(Britanica) It seems it is also the focus of Barabas on practical success, that success being the inhalation of both the Turks and the Christians in Malta, no matter what the cost, yet in the case of Barabas, his success is motivated by his evil intentions, where Machiavellis evil is motivated by his desire for success. Machiavellis conception of proper application of morality to life is one that judges all participants in terms of the efficacy with which they achieve their ends. Both Machiavelli and Barabas seem to only care for the ends and neither have concern for the means by which the ends are realized, even if those ends involve killing ones own daughter. It is also clear in the way that Barabas keeps everyone at a distance, in the same way that Machiavellis philosoophy prescribed. It was only the auduence, through Marlowes extensive use of soliloquy that was ever allowed close and knew the true thoughts going through Barabas head. It is for this reason that he both became our hero in the play and was also a true outsider. So it is painfully clear that there are strong parallels between the protagonist and the philosopher, the only problem Marlowe presented was that Barabas ends were not achieved, raising the question, if Barabas means were not achieved and he failed in his quest to deceive and kill the Turks and Christians, then not only were his actions not justifiable, but he a truly Machiavellan outsider?...
