LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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Macbeth
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The Tempest
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Volpone
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Twelfth Night
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The Merchant of Venice
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sean McEvoy explores Ben Jonson’s Volpone, looking at Jonson’s daring, unique brand of comedy and the play’s treatment of money, greed and morality. When Ben Jonson wrote Volpone (c. 1605–06) he broke new ground in the English theatre.
Detailed explanation-2: -Volpone, in full Volpone; or, The Fox, 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Volpone: plot and character overview Set in Venice, the play is both a city comedy and a type of beast fable, in which the wily and gold-obsessed trickster Volpone, or ‘fox’, dupes a range of foolish Venetians and foreigners with the help of his clever servant Mosca (’fly’ or ‘parasite’).