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Volpone is widely considered by critics to be Jonson's best play: the one in which his formal and human concerns achieve their most perfect balance. After the late 18th century, Volpone waned in popularity; the nineteenth century in general appreciated the unencumbered imagination of Shakespeare to the pointed erudition of Jonson.
Summary: Act I: Scene i. The scene is Volpone's house, in the Italian city of Venice, in the spring of 1606. It is morning, and Volpone, whose name in Italian means "the great Fox," enters. He is a Venetian magnifico, or nobleman and accompanying him is his parasite Mosca, best thought of as a personal assistant/manservant/lackey.
Volpone is an old, wealthy man without children living in Venice, Italy. With Mosca, his parasite (which means a hanger-on, a low-born servant or follower living off a wealthier person), Volpone stages an elaborate scam.Volpone pretends to be deathly ill, and is leading several people on to believe that they will be named his heir. Chief among them are Voltore, a lawyer; Corbaccio, an even ...
Volpone es una película dirigida por Maurice Tourneur con Harry Baur, Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, Jean Témerson .... Año: 1941. Título original: Volpone. Sinopsis: Venecia, siglo XVII. Volpone pretende estar en su lecho de muerte después de una larga enfermedad con el fin de engañar a Voltore, Corbaccio y Corvino, que tratan de ser elegidos herederos de su ...Puedes ver Volpone ...
Greed. Volpone 's satire is directed against "avarice," which can be thought of as greed that extends not just to money but also to all objects of human desire. The play's main thesis is stated by Volpone himself, "What a rare punishment / Is avarice to itself." The punishment—and the central irony of the play—is that while greed drives the ...
19 de oct. de 2010 · Volpone. Refondue par Stefan ZWEIG et adaptée en français par Jules ROMAINS, la comédie de Ben Jonson reste une oeuvre capitale du théâtre élizabéthain.Pour jouer un bon tour aux faux amis qui guettent sa succession, Volpone, riche Vénitien, se fait passer pour moribond, tandis que MOSCA, parasite "attitré" de Volpone, assure à chacun ...
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