Volpone Critics

Question 1

O’Connell

Answer 1

Aristotelian unities of time

Question 2

McEvoy

Answer 2

Jonson found to his annoyance that some playgoers thought Volpone’s treatment too harsh for comedy. Their rejection of the play’s ending was presumably due partly to admiration for the daring and panache of the rogue

Question 3

Campbell

Answer 3

The characters of Volpone are on one level repugnant, but Jonson’s characterisations enable the audience to understand the forces that have shape their despicable actions