Milton and Jonson context Flashcards
name of the lower form of love
cupditas –> what Volpone feels for Ceclia
ahem of the higher form of spiritual love
caritas
Name the 5 deadly sins we see in Volpone
Greed Lust Pride Sloth (not working for a living) Wrath (Corvino)
Biblical definition of evil
2 categories:
evil against another
evil against God
What did Milton believe about the creation of evil?
God gave his creations free will, thus God made evil a possibility
What religion did Jonson convert from, to?
Converted from Church of England TO Catholicism
What does Sir Pol represent? 2 things
post gunpowder plot paranoia
Sir Robert Cecil
Name the 2/4 humours and which characters they represent
Sanguine (blood) –> Mosca (social)
Choleric (yellow bile)–> Corvino (violent)
What kind of play is Volpone?
a beast fable
How does Volpone relate to the Golden Age? 2 points
shows society in a state of moral decline due to money
subverts the Golden Age when he fantasises with Celia to recreate the Golden Age by dressing up
With whom did some contemporary readers associate Satan with?
Cromwell –> promised a paradise then became a tyrant
How could Jonson’s experience with the law have shaped his portrayal of the courts in Volpone?
Killed a man in 1597 –> escaped the gallows by pleading benefit of clergy –> easily manipulated
What were the laws called that meant you could not wear certain clothes? How does this relate to Volpone?
Sumptuary laws –> Mosca punished for dressing in the clothes of a rich man
Give the quote that explains what Milton was trying to do in writing these poems
“To justify the ways of God to men”
What was the deadly sin that changed Lucifer into Satan? From what source do we know this?
Pride –> St. Augustine
