Word: mosca
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...lies in bed groaning and pretending to be dying. Seeing him so, his companions in coin-clutching, each hoping to be made his heir, come to his bedside bearing gifts and ready to commit other offices of friendship. Volpone's assistant in deception is the smart and fluttering Mosca; together, they are reaping a rich harvest until Volpone attempts to perform rape upon a friend's wife, sent to him for no better reason. Tried in court for this offense and adjudged innocent, Volpone tries another wily and audacious rascality, one which leads to his own undoing. Mosca...
...Volpone is fox in Italian: the names of all the important characters in the play are Italian words. Mosca means gadfly: Canina (a prostitute who tries to marry Volpone) is bitch...