Staging Jonsons Volpone Essays -- Jonson Volpone

Staging Volpone Jonsons Volpone, or The cast is almost exactly contemporary with Shakespeares Othello and contains aspects that some competency view as its comic counterpart. Venetian corruption and the insidious influence of a mincing, unscrupulous retainer are themes common to both plays. What, though, has this play to travel by to us? Themes of corruption and materialism, resulting in a misanthropic view of the world, might have been telling in seventeenth-century England, but it is of course extremely difficult to encounter them as relevant to the world of today.. Volpone (the fox) is a wealthy man who fakes a grave illness in order to accumulate further treasures that will fake him wealthier. His servant, Mosca (the fly), informs some of Volpones rich associates that he is nearing his end and considering his will each can boost his or her prospects of turn sole beneficiary after his death by presently bestowing upon him plentiful gifts. However, Volpone is by no means a simple comedy, and there are elements of several(prenominal) genres contemporary to Jonson an... Staging Jonsons Volpone Essays -- Jonson VolponeStaging Volpone Jonsons Volpone, or The Fox is almost exactly contemporary with Shakespeares Othello and contains aspects that some might view as its comic counterpart. Venetian corruption and the insidious influence of a mincing, unscrupulous servant are themes common to both plays. What, though, has this play to communicate to us? Themes of corruption and materialism, resulting in a misanthropic view of the world, might have been telling in seventeenth-century England, but it is of course extremely difficult to construe them as relevant to the world of today.. Volpone (the fox) is a wealthy man who fakes a grave illness in order to accumulate further treasures that will make him wealthier. His servant, Mosca (the fly), informs some of Volpones rich associates that he is nearing his end and considering his will each can boost his or her prospects of becoming sole beneficiary after his death by presently bestowing upon him plentiful gifts. However, Volpone is by no means a simple comedy, and there are elements of several genres contemporary to Jonson an...