ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Alchemist, comedy in five acts by Ben Jonson, performed in 1610 and published in 1612. The play concerns the turmoil of deception that ensues when Lovewit leaves his London house in the care of his scheming servant, Face.

Detailed explanation-2: -The play concerns the turmoil of deception that ensues when Lovewit leaves his London house in the care of his scheming servant, Face. With the aid of a fraudulent alchemist named Subtle and his companion, Dol Common, Face sets about dispensing spurious charms and services to a steady stream of dupes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paulo Coelho is the author of “The Alchemist", he was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being the author of 30 books that have sold over 320 million copies in 170 countries, he has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Alchemist is an excellently constructed play which strictly observes the three neo-classical unities of time, place, and action. Not only does this play have the most complete unity of action of any of Jonson’s plays, but it also observes the unities of time and place with more exactness than any other play by him.