Volpone Brief Questions
Volpone Brief Questions
Who is Volpone? ✪✪✪
Ans: Volpone (The Fox) is a Venetian gentleman who pretends to be on his deathbed after a long illness to dupe Voltore (The Vultu...
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How do the evildoers get their punishment at the end of “Volpone?”
How do the evildoers get their punishment at the end of “Volpone?”
Ben Jonson’s (1572-1637) “Volpone” (1606) is a satire on avarice (excessive greed). At the end of the play, all...
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How does Volpone earn money and gold?
How does Volpone earn money and gold?
Or, How does Volpone extract more and more gifts from legacy hunters? [NU. 2018, 2015]
In Ben Jonson's (1572-1637) play “Volpone” (1606), Volp...
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How does Bonario protect Celia in Valpone's room?
How does Bonario protect Celia in Valpone's room?
In Ben Jonson’s (1572-1637) play “Volpone” (1606), Volpone is a rich, greedy, and lustful man. He wants to sleep with Corvino’s...
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Good morning to the day, and next, my gold!
Good morning to the day, and next, my gold!
Open the shrine that I may see my saint.—Explain.
Ben Jonson’s (1572-1637) play “Volpone” (1606) opens with these lines. Volpone delive...
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Discuss “Volpone” as a satire on the contemporary English society.
"Volpone' is a satire on the contemporary English society"—Elucidate.
Or, Discuss “Volpone” as a satire on the contemporary English society.
Satire is a form of writing that uses...
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Discuss the theme of avarice in 'Volpone'.
Discuss the theme of avarice in 'Volpone'.
Ben Jonson’s (1572-1637) “Volpone,” first performed in 1606, is the playwright’s most performed play. The play is a famous Jacobean era...
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What is Comedy of Humours? Examine Volpone as a comedy of humours.
Examine “Volpone” as a comedy of humour.
Or, Discuss “Volpone” as a comedy of humour.
"Comedy of Humours" is a genre of comedy play. This kind of play was developed during the la...
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Justify Volpone as a Beast Fable
Justify “Volpone” as a beast fable.
Or, Find out the animal imagery in the play “Volpone.”
Or, Write about the significance of the names of the characters in “Volpone”.
Ben Jonson...
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Discuss the theme of avarice in the play Volpone
Discuss the theme of avarice in the play “Volpone.”
Or, "The world of Volpone is crudely materialistic and gold-centred." Elaborate with illustrations from the text.
Ben Jonson’s...
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Sketch the character of Mosca
Trace the development of the character of Mosca.
Or. Sketch the character of Mosca in the play 'Volpone'.
Or. Sketch the character of Mosca as illustrated in the play 'Volpone'. ...
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What is Dramatic Irony? Comment on the use of dramatic irony in the play Volpone.
What is dramatic irony? Comment on the use of dramatic irony in “Volpone”. [NU. 2021]
Dramatic Irony is a type of irony that happens in plays or stories. It means that the audience...
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