One person who renounces this identity label asks "Why should I hold a candle to my shame?", steals a turquoise ring, and elopes with Lorenzo.
One person who renounces this identity label asks "Why should I hold a candle to my shame?", steals a turquoise ring, and elopes with Lorenzo. A title character from this group of people drinks mandrake juice to escape from prison before dying in a hot cauldron. A man of this ethnicity, Jessica's father, asks "If you prick us, do we not bleed?" and aids Bassanio's efforts at wooing Portia. The cruel Barabbas is one of these people in a Christopher Marlowe play set in Malta, and a more famous one demands a "pound of flesh" from Antonio. For 10 points, name this minority religious group which includes Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.  
One person who renounces this identity label asks "Why should I hold a candle to my shame?", steals a turquoise ring, and elopes with Lorenzo.
Jews [or Jewish persons; or Jewish people; or Judaism] 