An Analysis and a Brief Summary of the Play Volpone (1858 words, 3 pages)
Volpone takes place in seventeenth-century Venice, over the course of one day. The play opens at the house of Volpone, a Venetian nobleman. He and his "parasite" Moscapart slave, part servant, part lackeyenter the shrine where Volpone keeps his gold. Volpone has amassed his fortune, we learn, through dishonest means ...
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