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Greed: “Good morning to the day, and next , my/ gold!” - Volpone |
Volpone praises the treasure in ecstatic religious terms, calling it "sacred", and "blessed", and exclaiming with hyperbole that his gold is brighter than the sun. |
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Avarice: "What a rare punishment / Is avarice to itself." - Volpone Act 1 Scene 5 |
Thepunishment—and the central irony of the play—is that while greed drives thesearch for money, power, and respect, it ends up making everyone in the playlook foolish. |
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Lust: Volpone's lust for Celia - "like a flame", "ambitious fire", "burning heat", "heap of cinders", "my liver melts" - Act 2 scene 4 pg 100 |
Fire/Heated/ burning imagery Violence His lust for Celia is uncontrollable Connotes passion, dangerous love Volpone bursts into song in the seduction scene – familiar with audiences – conic representation of fox as false musician Middle Ages - Durer |
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Lust: “Come, my Celia, let us prove/While we can, the sports of love” - Volpone to Celia Act 3 scene 7 pg 133 |
Volpone is singing to Celia to essentially lure and trap her Imitation of the famous: ‘Carpe Diem’ sieze the day poem by Catallus
Iconographic tradition of the Fox as falsemusician |
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Pride: “I fear I shall begin to grow in love/ With my dear self” - Mosca Act 3 |
Soliloquy(gives the audience direct access to what the character truly feels - Machiavellian |
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Jealousy: “You were an actor, with your handkerchief” Corvino to Celia |
Corvino portraying his wrath – sense of control over her Asserting his dominance and possessiveness |
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Jealousy/Pride: “Death of mine honour, with the city’s fool?” - Corvino to Celia Act 2 scene 5 |
It is a reflection upon the man if the woman acts immorally |
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Blasphemy:“Open the shrine that I may see my saint” |
Metaphor – blasphemy Replaces God with gold – represents breakingdown of religion and misplaced morals |