Volpone

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Drama | Ben Jonson

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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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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