Volpone Act 5 Quotes Flashcards
Scene 2: how much Volpone enjoyed their scheming
“O, more than if I had enjoyed the wench! The pleasure of all womankind’s not like it.”
Scene 2: Mosca on the enjoyment of their scheming
“Yes, and to make So rare a music out of discords- “
Scene 2: Mosca on the obsession of money of the other characters
Mosca: each of ‘em Is so possessed, and stuffed with his own hopes, That anything unto the contrary, Never so true, or never so apparent, Never so palpable, they will resist it -
Volpone: Like a temptation of the devil.
Scene 2: Volpone plans another trick - carrion
Volpone: O, I shall have, instantly, my vulture, crow, Raven, come flying hither, on the news, To peck for carrion; my she-wolf, and all, Greedy, and full of expectation -
Mosca: And then, to have it ravished from their mouths?
Scene 2: Mosca talks about the advantages of gold like a medicine, Jove
“your gold Is such another med’cine, it dries up All those offensive savours! It transforms The most deformed, and restores ‘em lovely” mentions Jove
Scene 3: Volpone becomes excited watching the others read the will
“Now they begin to flutter; They never think of me. Look, see, see, see!”
Scene 3: Volpone decides to torment them more
“torment ‘em more: We must pursue, as well as plot. (…) O, I will be a sharp disease unto ‘em.”
Scene 3: Volpone quote about cursed foxes
“The fox fares best when he is cursed.”
Scene 4: Sir Politic is tricked by Peregrine and hides in a tortoise shell
“I shall ne’er endure the torture. (To Peregrine) Marry, it is, sir, of a tortoise-shell, Fitted for these extremities (…) I’ll lie, sir, like a tortoise, Till they are gone.”
Scene 4: Sir Politic learns his lessons and says he will live more like a tortoise
“And I, to shun this place and clime forever; Creeping, with house on back; and think it well To shrink my poor head, in my politic shell.”
Scene 5: Mosca openly plans to betray Volpone
“My fox Is out on his hole, and, ere he shall re-enter, I will make him languish” (…)
“Since he will needs be dead, afore his time, I’ll bury him, or gain by him. I’m his heir (…) Let his sport pay for’t; this is called the fox-trap.”
Scene 8: Volpone (disguised) references the story of the Fox and the Crow to Corvino
“Corvino, That have such moral emblems on your name, Should not have sung your shame, and dropped your cheese, To let the fox laugh at your emptiness.”
Scene 9: Corbaccio quote about Mosca
“The air’s infected where he breathes.”
Scene 9: Volpone quote about wealth and wisdom to Voltore
“‘tis fit That wealth and wisdom still should go together - “
Scene 11: Volpone realises he has fallen into his own trap
“To make a snare for mine own neck! And run My head into it, wilfully! With laughter!” (…) What a vile wretch was I, that could not bear My fortune soberly?”
