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Corvino, whose name means “crow,” is the final ‘bird’ hoping to inherit Volpone’s wealth. He is a merchant, and he is both greedy and controlling to an extreme. He’s cruel to his wife Celia, whom he confines to their home, and he is so jealous of other men looking at her that he tries to prevent her from getting too close to the windows. However, his financial greed proves more powerful than his jealousy and desire for control; having heard that doctors have prescribed a night with a woman as the only cure for Volpone’s illness, Corvino tries to force Celia to sleep with Volpone in order to secure his place as Volpone’s heir. By the end of the play, Corvino is willing to pretend that Celia cheated on him, preferring to be publicly recognized as a cuckold than to admit that he tried to force his wife into infidelity to obtain someone else’s wealth.
Corvino Quotes in Volpone
The Volpone quotes below are all either spoken by Corvino or refer to Corvino. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 4 Quotes
What a rare punishment is avarice to itself!
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Volpone speaks this line—perhaps the key line of the play—after he and Mosca have successfully fooled Corbaccio into thinking that Volpone is dying and that Corbaccio will be the heir to Volpone’s fortune. The line, we can note, is a quote from the philosopher Seneca, and Volpone is using it as a castigation of Corbaccio, whose avarice (excessive desire) has led him to be fooled by Volpone and Mosca into giving Volpone expensive gifts. While presumably Volpone thinks that this trick itself is Corbaccio’s punishment, he seems not to realize that the trick is also an example of Volpone’s own Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque o
Act 1, Scene 5 Quotes
The weeping of an heir should still be laughter
Under a visor.
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Mosca speaks this line to Corvino after Corvino, who believes himself to be Volpone’s heir (and thus wants Volpone to die), disingenuously expresses sadness that Volpone is so sick. Here, Mosca is instructing Corvino on how to properly manipulate appearances to conceal reality, saying that Corvino should be happy and act sad, which Mosca knows is exactly what Corvino is already doing. While this line is meant to underscore that none of the suitors care at all about Volpone or his health (they all disregard his life and health in favor of his money), it also has an added level Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita de
O, sir, the wonder,
The blazing star of Italy! a wench
Of the first year, a beauty ripe as harvest!
Whose skin is whiter than a swan all over,
Than silver, snow, or lilies; a soft lip,
Would tempt you to eternity of kissing!
And flesh that melteth in the touch to blood!
Bright as your gold, and lovely as your gold!
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Mosca delivers these lines to Volpone in order to describe Corvino’s beautiful wife Celia. The speech is in the form of a blazon, a love poem in which the speaker praises the beloved by focusing on different body parts—in this case skin, lips, and flesh. Typical to the blazon form is interplay between imagery of red and white, seen in the white skin, swan, silver, and snow imagery (note also the alliteration) paired with the red blood and lips. The ultimate praise for money obsessed Mosca and Volpone is the comparison of Celia to Volpone’s gold, which is reinforced through Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequun
Act 2, Scene 2 Quotes
Why, the whole world is but as an empire, that empire as a province, that province as a bank, that bank as a private purse to the purchase of it.
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Volpone delivers these lines as the Italian mountebank while attempting to impress (and eventually sleep with) Corvino’s wife, Celia. These lines might be read as echoing the famous “All the world’s a stage” from Shakespeare’s As You Like It, but rather than emphasizing that the world is theatre, this line suggests that everything is a business and that the world can be bought. This is a satire of what Jonson saw as contemporary commerce run amok, and it underscores Jonson’s fear that London would adopt the commercial, money obsessed values that he believed were degrading Venice and Italy in general. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo min
Act 2, Scene 5 Quotes
First, I will have this bawdy light damm'd up;
And till 't be done, some two or three yards off,
I'll chalk a line; o'er which if thou but chance
To set thy desp'rate foot, more hell, more honor,
More wild remorseless rage shall seize on thee,
Than on a conjuror that had heedless left
His circle's safety ere his devil was laid.
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In this passage, Corvino is furious with Celia, his wife, because she threw her handkerchief in order to interact with the mountebank, and he’s telling her the new, strict rules that she will live under as punishment. Italian wives were stereotypically known to have less freedom than their English counterparts, but the marriage between Celia and Corvino is extreme. Celia’s name means heaven, and she is a clear embodiment of religion and morality in the play, so the evocation of hell undoubtedly would be terrifying and upsetting for her. The comparison might be especially frightening since Corvino compares himself to Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Volupt
Act 3, Scene 7 Quotes
Honour! Tut, a breath:
There's no such thing in nature; a mere term
Invented to awe fools. What is my gold
The worse for touching, clothes for being look'd on?
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When Corvino is trying to convince Celia to have sex with Volpone, Celia asks why he has lost all sense of honor, and Corvino responds with this argument about how honor doesn’t exist. To Corvino, honor is a concept intended to manipulate fools, and, though a person may appear honorable or have an honorable reputation, there is no substance behind the trait. It’s difficult to say if this speech is given in earnest. Corvino certainly isn’t an honorable man, so it might be easiest for him to bear his own corruption if he believes what he says. It’s also a Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis conse
O God, and his good angels! whither, whither,
Is shame fled human breast? that with such ease,
Men dare put off your honours, and their own?
Is that, which ever was a cause of life,
Now plac'd beneath the basest circumstance,
And modesty an exile made, for money?
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Celia cries out in exasperation when Corvino leaves after trying to convince her to have sex with Volpone. Celia, whose name means heaven, evokes God and his angels in order to make a moral point. This is a clear contrast to the other characters in the play who substitute money for God; unlike them, Celia is the play’s righteous, religious figure. In these lines, she is able to rightly identify the play’s moral message: people are being corrupted by their excessive desires, especially for money, causing them to blaspheme against God and discard any sense of honor and shame. She Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. A
Good sir, these things might move a mind affected
With such delight; but I, whose innocence
Is all I can think wealthy, or worth th' enjoying,
And which, once lost, I have nought to lose beyond it,
Cannot be taken with these sensual baits.
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Here, Volpone has tried to convince Celia to sleep with him by showing her all the riches that she might be queen of, but Celia is not interested. Contrasting with most of the other characters in the play, Celia has conventional values. She cares about her innocence, an internal quality, more than she cares about money. Money can be made, lost, and re-earned. It is impermanent. The loss of innocence and honor, on the other hand, are permanent, so Celia knows to value them above material possessions. Losing money might be frustrating, but, despite what Volpone and Mosca think of Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupt
If you have ear that will be pierc'd - or eyes
That can be open'd-a heart that may be touch'd-
Or any part that yet sounds man about you –
If you have touch of holy saints: or heaven-
Do me the grace to let me scape: - if not,
Be bountiful and kill me. You do know,
I am a creature, hither ill betray'd,
By one whose shame I would forget it were:
If you will deign me neither of these graces,
Yet feed your wrath, sir, rather than your lust
(It is a vice comes nearer manliness,)
And punish that unhappy crime of nature,
Which you miscall my beauty.
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Celia speaks these lines in the scene during which Corvino offers Celia up to Volpone in exchange for money. By this point, Celia is desperate to stave off Volpone, and she makes the extreme plea that killing her would be more generous than raping her, because it would leave her innocence intact. Celia understands that Volpone is possessed by his excessive desires, and she requests that he indulge one excessive desire—wrath—over the other, lust. She also seems to blame herself, to some degree, for his lust, as she calls her own beauty a “crime of nature” and invites him to Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in
Act 4, Scene 5 Quotes
I would I could forget I were a creature.
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Celia makes this exclamation during the court scene, in which Voltore is expertly testifying in front of the Avocatori to convince them that Celia is lying. This simple line is a perfect encapsulation of Celia’s pain and suffering, as well as her powerlessness. She has no real means of being heard and is constantly overpowered by men. She is about to lose her reputation, and her only recourse is to tragically wish that she could forget that she is a living being. When she uses the word “creature,” this evokes the notion that she has been created by God. Since Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. U
Act 5, Scene 2 Quotes
True, they will not see 't.
Too much light blinds 'em, I think. Each of 'em
Is so possest and stuft with his own hopes
That anything unto the contrary,
Never so true, or never so apparent,
Never so palpable, they will resist it—
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Volpone and Mosca have just narrowly avoided being exposed, and they are reflecting on the scam that has happened during the course of the play. Volpone marvels at how Mosca has been able to convince Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino that they are all going to inherit the fortune, and that Mosca is on each of their sides respectively, all without them suspecting anything. The “light” blinding the suitors could be imagery suggesting light reflecting off of gold, which Mosca and Volpone have claimed shines brighter than the sun. Mosca’s comment that the suitors are so “possest and stuft” with their Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Aut tenetur autem. Fugit voluptates in. Quidem impedit sunt. Excepturi ullam nobis. Ducimus odio quo. Ut autem harum. Omnis vel voluptatum. Assumenda officia maiores. Voluptatem sint velit. Quod quia sapiente. Cum sunt quo. Accusamus veritatis voluptatum. Rerum est et. Aut autem sit. Soluta dolor fuga. Debit
Act 5, Scene 12 Quotes
Heaven could not long let such gross crimes be hid.
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Bonario speaks this line in court after Volpone has revealed himself and the entire plot. This sentiment speaks perfectly to the play’s treatment of appearance versus reality and to the play’s moral lesson. The powers of theatre and language can manipulate appearances, and for a while, Mosca and Volpone were successful in fooling everyone. However, Bonario argues that the realities of truth, goodness, evil, and morality will always be revealed before too long. In a religious interpretation, it’s heaven and the will of God that reveals these truths. According to another interpretation, though (one seemingly offered by the play’s moral Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati
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Corvino Character Timeline in Volpone
The timeline below shows where the character Corvino appears in Volpone. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 1, Scene 4
...someone else knocks. Mosca tells Volpone to go back to pretending to be sick, since Corvino (the merchant) has come. Volpone says he’ll play dead, and Mosca helps him apply more...
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Act 1, Scene 5
Corvino enters as Mosca attends to Volpone, who is pretending to be deathly ill. Mosca greets...
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After Corvino gives Volpone the pearl, Mosca says that Volpone can’t understand them, since his disease has...
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Upon hearing Mosca’s trick, Corvino hugs him and asks if Volpone really is not aware of them. After Mosca assures...
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Corvino asks again if Mosca is sure that Volpone cannot hear them, so Mosca shouts in...
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Mosca says that he is Corvino’s creature, and that he owes his very being to Corvino. Corvino calls Mosca his friend,...
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...strange, doesn’t have the face to be unfaithful. But if she had a face like Corvino’s wife, he begins, and Volpone interrupts to ask if Corvino’s wife is beautiful. Mosca responds...
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...gets fresh air from a window, and she’s spied on by all the members of Corvino’s household. Volpone decides he’ll try to see her at her window in disguise, since he...
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Act 2, Scene 1
...Politic Would-Be and Peregrine, another Englishman, enter St Mark’s Place, a public square outside of Corvino’s house. Sir Politic says that to a wise man the whole world is a native...
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Act 2, Scene 2
Mosca and Nano, both in disguises, enter the square outside Corvino’s home where Sir Politic and Peregrine have been talking. Mosca points to a window, and...
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Act 2, Scene 3
Corvino enters the square outside his home where Volpone (in disguise) has been selling an elixir...
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Act 2, Scene 4
...his resources, even “coin,” to help Volpone, and Mosca says that if Volpone can cuckold Corvino, then the mountebank disguise will have been worth it. Volpone wonders if the crowd believed...
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Act 2, Scene 5
Corvino, with a sword in his hand, drags Celia into a room of his house. He...
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Celia tries to calm Corvino down, but she’s unable to. He asks her what she could suggest as punishment for...
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...acts inappropriately and she says she only leaves the house infrequently to go to church. Corvino responds that now she’ll be even more restricted, saying that his previous rules will seem...
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Corvino is interrupted by a knock, at which point he tells Celia to go away and...
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Act 2, Scene 6
In Corvino’s house Corvino greets Mosca and guesses that Volpone has died. Mosca says that the news...
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...unfortunate task is to find a woman for Volpone, and that he has come to Corvino for advice because he doesn’t want to do anything that will come in the way...
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Corvino at first suggests hiring a “common courtesan,” but Mosca says that it’s a bad idea,...
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Corvino takes a moment to pace and talk to himself. He says to himself that there...
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Act 3, Scene 7
Corvino and Celia enter the room where Volpone is lying in bed and Bonario is hiding....
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While Corvino explains the situation to Celia, Mosca tells Bonario that Corbaccio isn’t to come for a...
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Corvino says to Celia that there is no going back now, and that since he ordered...
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Celia then begs Corvino to be jealous and to act like her sleeping with Volpone is a sin, but...
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Corvino instructs Celia to go to Volpone and threats to hit her if she disobeys. Celia...
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Corvino becomes increasingly angry that Celia will not acquiesce, believing she is intentionally trying to disgrace...
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Volpone then jumps out of bed and says Corvino has never “tasted the true love of heaven.” He says that the person who would...
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Act 3, Scene 9
...accuse his father, to defame Volpone, and to defeat Voltore. Voltore tells Mosca to bring Corvino to court to stop Bonario’s plan. Corbaccio tries to listen in, but he can’t hear,...
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Act 4, Scene 4
Voltore, Corbaccio, Corvino, and Mosca prepare to go before a court of law. Voltore says they’ve figured out...
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In an aside to Voltore, Mosca makes fun of Corvino for being a cuckold. Then to Corbaccio, Mosca says that only Corbaccio will receive the...
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Act 4, Scene 5
Four Avocatori (judges) enter the court where Mosca, Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino have been talking. Bonario, Celia, the Notario, the Commendatori, and other officers also enter. The...
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...tears, and that she has had a secret affair with Bonario. He also says that Corvino has been an innocent and an extremely lenient husband. Voltore says that Corvino has been...
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...Mosca, and set out with Celia (who was very happy to participate) to defame Corbaccio, Corvino, and Volpone in court.
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...but Corbaccio cannot hear well, so he ends up only cursing out and disowning Bonario. Corvino is then called forward. Corvino calls Celia a whore, and says that she wants to...
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The Avocatori say that Corvino is acting out because of his grief, and they silence him. Mosca tells them that...
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Act 4, Scene 6
...as language he could have made Voltore heir to the whole city. Mosca then tells Corvino to go out in public, saying it’s much better that people think he is a...
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Act 5, Scene 2
...Volpone finds it incredible that Mosca has been able to convince all the men (Voltore, Corvino, and Corbaccio) that he is on their side without getting them to suspect him or...
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...about valuable farm land, but no investment is more productive than taking money from Voltore, Corvino, and Corbaccio. Mosca then asks Volpone how he liked Voltore’s work in the court, to...
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...he is trying to accomplish. Volpone explains that all at once he’ll get Voltore, Corbaccio, Corvino, and Lady Would-be to come running, thinking that he is dead and that they are...
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...he is inheriting. Volpone will then watch from behind a curtain as Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino become enraged and depressed. Mosca says that Lady Would-be will also come, and he says...
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Act 5, Scene 3
...Corbaccio enters and asks Mosca if he is the heir, but Mosca ignores him, too. Corvino enters, and wonders why Voltore and Corbaccio are also there. Lady Would-be enters and asks...
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Volpone watches in glee as Voltore, Corbaccio, Corvino, and Lady Would-be scan the will to determine who has been named heir. They all...
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Corvino confronts Mosca, but Mosca shouts back that Corvino should have led the way out of...
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Act 5, Scene 6
Corbaccio and Corvino are talking in the street, agreeing that they need to maintain the stories they told...
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Act 5, Scene 7
Voltore enters the street where Volpone (disguised) has just made fun of Corvino and Corbaccio for not inheriting his wealth. Voltore is furious, and he curses that he...
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Act 5, Scene 8
Corbaccio and Corvino reenter the street, where Volpone is still in disguise, in order to taunt everyone who...
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Act 5, Scene 9
...hope that Voltore is just pretending not to be the heir in order to confuse Corvino and Corbaccio. Voltore gets furious and curses out Volpone, and Volpone responds that he knows...
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Act 5, Scene 10
The Avocatori, the Notario, Bonario, Celia, Corbaccio, Corvino, and Commandatori all enter the courtroom. They note that Voltore is missing, but he soon...
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...that Mosca was behind everything. Volpone, still disguised, offers to go bring Mosca to court. Corvino says that Voltore is confused and distraught from not being named Volpone’s heir. Corvino says...
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...continues trying to tell the truth, and he provides a written statement to the Avocatori. Corvino and Corbaccio know that their reputations are on the line, so they both say that...
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Act 5, Scene 12
...story concedes that Bonario was wronged and that Celia was forced to Volpone’s home by Corvino, but Voltore denies the attempted rape because he believes that Volpone is sick and invalid....
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...like he is possessed. Voltore falls and groans, while Volpone describes symptoms associated with possession. Corvino confirms it is the devil, and Corvino, Corbaccio, and Volpone perform an impromptu exorcism on...
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...Mosca is as innocent as Volpone, who Voltore now says is still alive. The Avocatori, Corvino, and Corbaccio are all shocked and confused at the news.
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...get him into a good family. Volpone admits publicly that he has been fooling Voltore, Corvino, and Corbaccio.
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...is confined to a monastery and stripped of his wealth, which is bequeathed to Bonario. Corvino is subjected to public humiliation, and is legally separated from Celia. The newly imprisoned are...
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