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    The document summarizes John Jonson's works and career as a playwright in early 17th century England. It discusses how his early comedies like Every Man in His Humour ridiculed human folly and vices through humor. Jonson then turned to satirical works that strongly criticized life at court and fellow playwrights. His later works included historical Roman tragedies and the highly successful comedy Volpone, which used a plot of deceit and trickery to show that evil brings punishment. The document analyzes Jonson's use of humor and morality in his plays to ridicule human faults and vices.

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    The document summarizes John Jonson's works and career as a playwright in early 17th century England. It discusses how his early comedies like Every Man in His Humour ridiculed human folly and vices through humor. Jonson then turned to satirical works that strongly criticized life at court and fellow playwrights. His later works included historical Roman tragedies and the highly successful comedy Volpone, which used a plot of deceit and trickery to show that evil brings punishment. The document analyzes Jonson's use of humor and morality in his plays to ridicule human faults and vices.

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    The document summarizes John Jonson's works and career as a playwright in early 17th century England. It discusses how his early comedies like Every Man in His Humour ridiculed human folly and vices through humor. Jonson then turned to satirical works that strongly criticized life at court and fellow playwrights. His later works included historical Roman tragedies and the highly successful comedy Volpone, which used a plot of deceit and trickery to show that evil brings punishment. The document analyzes Jonson's use of humor and morality in his plays to ridicule human faults and vices.

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    would-be poet (Matthew), gull (Stephen) Kitely' Dame Kitely, cob and Tib - reflect the ridiculousness of the

    behavior of the main characters expounds his theories of drama - how humours govern character both plays = comedies of correction (by the end of the prays - taken ,out of their humour,) - ridiculed or shocked, cured into realizing their folly satiric targets sins--pride' luxury' ambition and greed, moral idiocy, deception, setf-deception, vanity and disguise the real self replacement of spiritual ideals with materialistic
    ones

    turned to satire

    1601: Cynthia,s Revels ; The poetaster

    strongly criticized life at court targeted fellow playwrights Thomas Dekker & John Marston (had also attacked Jonson in the so_called war of the Theatres)
    1603 - 2 classicar historical dramas Sejanus His Fall

    / tragedies (accurate re_creations of Roman

    rife)

    failure
    Catiline

    lack of action & great number of similar characters

    studies - effects of ambition, corruption and power-rust in the state characters - powerfully & ctearly drawn, but verbose & static classical background - ctosely foilows Latin moders - subject matter & styre

    firm dramatic footing - great triumph - vorpone: or, TheFox - premiered in 1605 straightforward moraljudgment: the evil (vice, deceit and greed) one commits brings with it a suitable punishment
    comedy of humours - subplot characters in the grip of obsessions (love farcical build-up of the
    Epicoene (1609)
    The

    money)

    --

    climax of deceit and trickery

    Alchemisr (1610)

    Ba rth o lo mew Fa i r

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