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Characterization of Volpone In his comedy of humour " Volpone" Ben Jonson portrays various characters with different predominant traits or humours. Volpone is the nominal hero of the play and…

Significance of Harikatha The use of the mythical technique in Raja Rao's maiden and groundbreaking novel Kanthapura is seen at its best in the strange kind of Harikatha. Harikatha is…

Fra Lippo Lippi as dramatic monologue: If poetry's garb is embellished upon a dramatic soul, the aesthetic effect which is created is that of a dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue…

Volpone is different from other comedy of humor : Volpone as a comedy of humor reigns supreme in the world of comedies and Ben Jonson's skills as a genius dramatist…

Comedy of humors Volpone : A comedy of humour is a comedy which exposes the follies and foibles of the society through some humourous characters. According to the medieval medical…

Mac Flecknoe : structure John Dryden's satirical poem " Mac Flecknoe" seeks to present the conflict between sense and nonsense by describing a trivial subject in glorious terms. It has…

Language of common man in Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads : The father of English Romanticism, William Wordsworth, is credited not only with the restoration of Nature in the realm…

Mirabell's character With the Restoration of monarchy and the crowning of Charles II emerged a new direction in drama : the Restoration comedy of manners. If Jonson's comedy of humours…

Horace art of characterization : If Plato and Aristotle are the two pillars of Greek and classical criticism, Horace is certainly the pride of Roman criticism. Horace's Ars Poetica discusses…

Shakespeare's characterization (Dr Johnson) If plot is the flesh and blood of drama, character is the soul of it. A perfect characterization can often hide the faults of lax plot,…