Volpone themes of greed, lust and corruption
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- Created on: 08-04-19 12:45
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- CORRUPTION
- "Even hell, with thee to boot, is made worth heaven!"
- "they flay a man before they kill him"
- "every word your worship but lets fall is a chequin"
- "hopes to hop over his grave"
- "no pleasure thou shalt know but backwards"
- excellent, excellent, sure i shall outlast him"
- "and disinherit my son?"
- "this plot did i think on before"
- "I have bought him an opiate here"
- "Honor? tut a breath, theres no such thing"
- "she shall do't tis done"
- "this lewd woman to that lascivious youth there"
- "yield, or i'll force thee"
- "not in your courts, where multitude and clamour overcomes"
- "make so rare a music out of discord"
- LUST
- ""Lusty and full of juice"
- "angry cupid bolting from her eyes"
- "I think you'd rather mount? would you not mount"
- "who's skin is whiter then a swan, all over! then silver, snow or lilies"
- "sundry times raised me in several shapes"
- "I cannot live [...] my liver melts"
- "give your hot spectators satisfaction"
- "Bright as your gold and lovely as your gold"
- "tis no sin loves fruit to steal"
- "without her refreshing breath am but a heap of cinders"
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