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Volpone takes place in seventeenth-century Venice, over the course of one day. The play opens at the house of Volpone, a Venetian nobleman. He and his "parasite" Mosca—part slave, part servant, part lackey—enter the shrine where Volpone keeps his gold.
Volpone is an old, wealthy man without children living in Venice, Italy. With Mosca, his parasite (which means a hanger-on, a low-born servant or follower living off a wealthier person), Volpone stages an elaborate scam. Volpone pretends to be deathly ill, and is leading several people on to believe that they will be named his heir.
Jul 30, 2020 · Volpone brilliantly exemplifies Jonson’s unique jungle vision, with its self-contained world composed entirely of predators and prey. His contempt for mercenary motivation and capitalistic enterprise is blistering; the commanding indictment of the vicious habits of the new acquisitive society shows Jonson’s forward leap in terms of ...
Summary. Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Ben Jonson's Volpone. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides. Volpone: Introduction. A concise biography of Ben Jonson plus historical and literary context for Volpone. Volpone: Plot Summary.
May 1, 2003 · Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637: Title: Volpone; Or, The Fox Credits: Produced by Amy E Zelmer, Robert Prince, Sue Asscheri, and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: English drama (Comedy) Subject: Satire, English Subject: Inheritance and succession -- Drama Subject: English drama -- 17th ...
Volpone, comedy in five acts by Ben Jonson, performed about 1605/06 and published in 1607. Volpone (“Fox”), a wealthy Venetian without heirs, devises a scheme to become wealthier by playing on people’s greed. With the complicity of his servant Mosca (“Fly”), Volpone pretends to be near death.
Apr 1, 2008 · Volpone. by. BEN. JONSON. Publication date. 1919. Publisher. Yale University Press. Collection. americana. Book from the collections of. Harvard University. Language. English. Volume. 59. Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Addeddate. 2008-04-01 18:36:10. Copyright-region
