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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... 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 be my heir : and this makes men observe me. This draws new cilents, daily, to my house ...
... 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 be my heir : and this makes men observe me. This draws new cilents, daily, to my house ...
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... presents Voltore, Corbaccio and Corvino, in which three characters are greedy for Volpone's wealth. In act II, Jonson introduces the complication-Volpone's lust for Celia, Covino's wife. The scenes with Peregrine and Sir Pol relieve the ...
... presents Voltore, Corbaccio and Corvino, in which three characters are greedy for Volpone's wealth. In act II, Jonson introduces the complication-Volpone's lust for Celia, Covino's wife. The scenes with Peregrine and Sir Pol relieve the ...
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... present a satire on avarice and greed, which is of interest not only to his time but to all those concerned with truth. 8- Jonas Barish "The Double plot in Ben Joson " in Ben Jonson: A collection of Critial Essays, ed cit. p. 8. FURTHER ...
... present a satire on avarice and greed, which is of interest not only to his time but to all those concerned with truth. 8- Jonas Barish "The Double plot in Ben Joson " in Ben Jonson: A collection of Critial Essays, ed cit. p. 8. FURTHER ...
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... 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, luck yet sent us ...
... 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, luck yet sent us ...
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... presents quick comedy, refined, As best critics have designed; the laws of time, place, persons he observeth, From no needful rule he swerveth. All gall and copperas from his ink he draineth, Only a little salt remaineth, Wherewith he ...
... presents quick comedy, refined, As best critics have designed; the laws of time, place, persons he observeth, From no needful rule he swerveth. All gall and copperas from his ink he draineth, Only a little salt remaineth, Wherewith he ...
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