VolponeAl Manhal, 1. 1. 2001 - Počet stran: 151 Bitter, satiric comedy in blank verse is one of the great Elizabethan dramatist’s finest plays. The plot concerns a wealthy, lecherous old man who feigns a mortal illness in order to solicit bribes from greedy acquaintances who hope to inherit his fortune. Many complexities of plot and connivance ensue, but in the end, the guilty parties are exposed and punished. Explanatory footnotes. Descriptor(s): LITERARY FORMS | ENGLISH DRAMA | LITERARY STYLE | LITERARY CRITICISM | UNITED KINGDOM |
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... Mosca is the fly, and and in Jonson's time flies were assocciated with demons. In beast lore there are many references to flies annoying the fox such as in Aesop's fables. Mosca is the final link in the chain of predators, and in his ...
... Mosca is the fly, and and in Jonson's time flies were assocciated with demons. In beast lore there are many references to flies annoying the fox such as in Aesop's fables. Mosca is the final link in the chain of predators, and in his ...
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... Mosca's perfect partnership. This is the last success before the fall. In act V Mosca realizes that this is the culmination of his and Volpone's success, beyond which they should not go further. But there is a new series of crisis ...
... Mosca's perfect partnership. This is the last success before the fall. In act V Mosca realizes that this is the culmination of his and Volpone's success, beyond which they should not go further. But there is a new series of crisis ...
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... Mosca which leave her at the mercy of his blackmil." (8) Peregrine, the hawk, makes the fool its quarry. There is a contrast in the opining scene of act II between Corvino's besetting vice, jealously and Sir Pol's fondness for his wife ...
... Mosca which leave her at the mercy of his blackmil." (8) Peregrine, the hawk, makes the fool its quarry. There is a contrast in the opining scene of act II between Corvino's besetting vice, jealously and Sir Pol's fondness for his wife ...
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Ben Jonson. VOLPONE; or, the Fox by BEN JONSON THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY VOLPONE, a Magnifico MOSCA, his - 13 -
Ben Jonson. VOLPONE; or, the Fox by BEN JONSON THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY VOLPONE, a Magnifico MOSCA, his - 13 -
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Ben Jonson. THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY VOLPONE, a Magnifico MOSCA, his Parasite VOLTORE, an A dovcate CORBACCIO, an old Gentleman CORVINO, a Merchant BONARIO, son to Corbaccio SIR POLITICK WOULD-BE, a Knight PEREGRINE, a Gentleman Traveller ...
Ben Jonson. THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY VOLPONE, a Magnifico MOSCA, his Parasite VOLTORE, an A dovcate CORBACCIO, an old Gentleman CORVINO, a Merchant BONARIO, son to Corbaccio SIR POLITICK WOULD-BE, a Knight PEREGRINE, a Gentleman Traveller ...
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