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Mosca and Bosola

Two plays varying greatly in direction and style produce two characters deserving of comparison because of their fantastic characters. The plays are Jonson’s Volpone and Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi. Not necessarily the principal characters in the plays, the servants play significant parts in developing the course of action in both play worlds. The servants are Mosca in Volpone and Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi. In fact, the two more than prove to be the greater catalysts for the plays in which they partake. Their characters are quite different in nature, and their relationships with the characters surrounding them are dissimilar. They run parallel in that both are victims of their surroundings. What makes this notion understandable are the characters’ relationships and language. The separating factor lies in their true natures, which decide the opposite directions that they go at the end.
Mosca and Bosola could not be more different in terms of character. Mos...

Posted by: Andres Cisneros

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