How does Volpone earn money and gold?

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How does Volpone earn money and gold Or How does Volpone extract more and more gifts from legacy hunters NU In Ben Jonson's - play Volpone Volpone is the central character He is a rich greedy old man who has no heir However he loves gold very much He wants to get more gold and gifts So he devises a plan to loot the greedy people Here is how he executes his plan Pretending to Be Sick Volpone starts by pretending to be very sick He lies in bed and acts like he is going to die soon He does this to fool the legacy hunters Voltore Corbaccio and Corvino These greedy people want to impress Volpone because they want to be his heir They want to get his property after his death So they bring valuable gifts to impress Volpone Volpone expresses his excitement by saying Now now my

clients Begin their visitation Vulture kite Raven and gorcrow all my birds of prey Taking Gifts The legacy hunters visit Volpone one by one They bring him expensive gifts Voltore brings an antique precious plate Corbaccio brings a bag of gold coins Corvino brings a pearl and a diamond for Volpone Volpone smiles and accepts the gifts It makes them believe they are his favorite This way they keep giving him more and more gifts Using Mosca Mosca is Volpone s parasite servant He acts as Volpone s helper Mosca lies to each of the legacy hunters and makes them believe they are the only heir to Volpone s wealth For example he tells Voltore that Volpone loves him most He then says the same thing to Corbaccio and Corvino In this way Volpone and Mosca loot them more and more In short Volpone uses the greed of others to manipulate them and extract more and more gifts Their excessive greed makes them easy to fool

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