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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... parasites suggesting that there is a kind. 3- Gabrielle Jackson "Structural Interplay inBen Jonson Drama " , in Two / Benaissance Mythmakers: Christopher Marlowe And Benjonson, ed Alvin kerner (London and Baltimore: Johns Hopkins ...
... parasites suggesting that there is a kind. 3- Gabrielle Jackson "Structural Interplay inBen Jonson Drama " , in Two / Benaissance Mythmakers: Christopher Marlowe And Benjonson, ed Alvin kerner (London and Baltimore: Johns Hopkins ...
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Ben Jonson. his contempt for parasites suggesting that there is a kind of hierarchy among them "All the wise world is little else, in nature. / But Parasites, or Subparasites." (III; i) Ben Jonson, by constant allusion to beasts, writes ...
Ben Jonson. his contempt for parasites suggesting that there is a kind of hierarchy among them "All the wise world is little else, in nature. / But Parasites, or Subparasites." (III; i) Ben Jonson, by constant allusion to beasts, writes ...
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... parasites which parallels Volpone's hymn to gold. In the scene in which Bonario exposes Volpone as a "libidinous swine" Mosca saves the day by putting the blame on Bonario and by making Corbaccio more determined to disinherit his son ...
... parasites which parallels Volpone's hymn to gold. In the scene in which Bonario exposes Volpone as a "libidinous swine" Mosca saves the day by putting the blame on Bonario and by making Corbaccio more determined to disinherit his son ...
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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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... parasite receives Presents of all, assures, deludes; then weaves Other cross-plots, which ope themselves, are told. New tricks for safety are sought; they thrive; when, bold Each tempts the other again, and all are sold. PROLOGUE. Now ...
... parasite receives Presents of all, assures, deludes; then weaves Other cross-plots, which ope themselves, are told. New tricks for safety are sought; they thrive; when, bold Each tempts the other again, and all are sold. PROLOGUE. Now ...
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