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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... Peregrine are only half bird Lady Would-be is parrot - like and merely chatters excessively. Her Husband, Sir Pol the parrot is an imitator "who takes his values from the behaviour of animals actually playing the game"(5) Barish is of ...
... Peregrine are only half bird Lady Would-be is parrot - like and merely chatters excessively. Her Husband, Sir Pol the parrot is an imitator "who takes his values from the behaviour of animals actually playing the game"(5) Barish is of ...
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... Peregrine and Lady Would - Be are related to the major motifs of the play. The playwrilght presents us with the main theme from the very first act : I have no wife, no parent, child. ally. To give my substance to ; but whom I make Must ...
... Peregrine and Lady Would - Be are related to the major motifs of the play. The playwrilght presents us with the main theme from the very first act : I have no wife, no parent, child. ally. To give my substance to ; but whom I make Must ...
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... Peregrine and Sir Pol relieve the tension of the first act. In act, II Corvino's jealousy is aroused but it is only a prelude to his offering Celia to Volpone. The scene closes with Corvino swearing to Celia that his jealousy has been ...
... Peregrine and Sir Pol relieve the tension of the first act. In act, II Corvino's jealousy is aroused but it is only a prelude to his offering Celia to Volpone. The scene closes with Corvino swearing to Celia that his jealousy has been ...
Strana 10
... Peregrine and Lady would-Be are related to the main theme of the play. Sir Pol is a comic variation of Vlopone, he is a would - be politician whereas he is an unsuccessful enterpriser, Volpone is a real politican. Lady Would-Bejoins in ...
... Peregrine and Lady would-Be are related to the main theme of the play. Sir Pol is a comic variation of Vlopone, he is a would - be politician whereas he is an unsuccessful enterpriser, Volpone is a real politican. Lady Would-Bejoins in ...
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... PEREGRINE, a Gentleman Traveller NANO, a Dwarf GASTRONE, an Eunuch ANEROGYNO, an Hermaphrodite GREGE, (or Mob) COMMANDADORI, officers of justice MERCATORI, three Merchants AVOCATORI, four Magistrates Notario, the Register LADY WOULD-BE ...
... PEREGRINE, a Gentleman Traveller NANO, a Dwarf GASTRONE, an Eunuch ANEROGYNO, an Hermaphrodite GREGE, (or Mob) COMMANDADORI, officers of justice MERCATORI, three Merchants AVOCATORI, four Magistrates Notario, the Register LADY WOULD-BE ...
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