Abstract
The concept of identity corresponds to the combination of social awareness (self) and social identity (persona), whose meaning changes according to the disciplinary context in which it is studied. Accordingly, the law's role is to create boundaries in order to delineate people's legal identity. Moreover, legal identity is strictly linked to the concept of citizenship; therefore, being a legal citizen is an indispensable requirement for the possession of human rights. The aim of this essay is to demonstrate that in The Jew of Malta Barabas's struggle for his wealth (which in truth allows him to exercise part of his rights through the act of buying and owning, and partake in society) and his attempt to twist the law against his opponents actually symbolize a struggle for the recognition of his legal identity. Only the law, in fact, has the capacity to delineate his real identity, i.e. that of a human being, an identity for which he will sacrifice everything in the end.
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