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The Theme of Honor in Ben Jonson's Play "Volpone", 2000.
An exploration of honor between the characters in Jonson's play "Volpone."
1,625 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 1 source, $ 52.95
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This essay explores the notion of honor in Jonson's play "Volpone" -the manner in which the idea of honor differs from character to character and how honor motivates the characters? actions and interactions.
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"When Ben Jonson wrote Volpone in the seventeenth century, he was unaware of the theatrical capabilities such as pyrotechnics that are available for modern play productions. Even more, Jonson could not have fathomed computer-generated graphics that are available for television and movie productions. Jonson mainly had dialogue and the characters? interactions within his grasp to create an entertaining play; he relies on the intellectual qualities of the play rather than the aesthetics. As a result, Jonson develops basic themes of mankind that convey his rare perception of human nature. One of the most fundamental themes found in this play and in nature is honor. Although humans have probably always had a notion of honor, the definition of honor and objects that contain honor vary among people and cultures. In Volpone, Jonson portrays how the idea of honor differs from character to character and how honor motivates the characters? actions and interactions."
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Ben Jonson's "Volpone", 2002.
The paper comments on the developments of the betrayal of hypocrisy, corruption and the use of disguise in Act 4.
1,109 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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The paper focuses entirely on Act four of Ben Jonson's play "Volpone". It analyzes each character within the scene and how they fit in accordance. It also discusses developments and reoccurring themes from the previous scenes.
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"Within the Forth Act, beginning with the sub-plot for two scenes, the audience have a coming together of all the plays? characters and additional characters in the courtroom scene. The developments of hypocrisy are quite prominent but it is the development of Mosca?s corruption, which appears to be the main feature within this Act. His constant corruption of the three gulls and indeed his corruption of the courtroom, and the advocates. The Act begins with Sir Politic Would-Be and Peregrine within the sub-plot. Although the scene is quite humorous with the ?imaginary? conspiracies that Peregrine is easily making Sir Politic believe, there is a strong sense of hypocrisy with the character of Lady Would-Be at he point in the play. She enters in Act IV Scene II, where she believes she sees her husband Sir Politic with a courtesan, i.e. Peregrine (prostitutes regularly dressed as men) ?In man?s apparel?? Lady Would-Be begins calmly but continues to fly into a somewhat rage, ?Ay you White friars nation?lewd harlot, a base fricatrice, a female devil, in a male outside.? However the element of hypocrisy is that she has no right to comment, even if it was true as it was only in Act III Scene IV where she was basically offering herself to Volpone, ?And as we find our passions do rebel?? Jonson?s point in beginning with this scene is to slow the pace of the play by adding humour and by manipulating the audience. He leaves the last act with the idea that everything is about to fall apart for the Volpone, and in effect is playing with the element of suspense. "
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Marston's "Malevole" and Jonson's "Volpone" as Actors, 2000.
This paper explores the relation between Jonson's "Volpone" and Marston's "The Malcontent" in reference to the propensity of characters to "mask" their true selves.
1,520 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 2 sources, $ 50.95
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This paper explores the relation between Jonson's "Volpone" and Marston's "The Malcontent" in reference to the propensity of characters to "mask" their true selves. An exploration of the motivations behind this masking is undertaken as a means of understanding the symbolism of false selves.
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Ben Jonson's "Workes", 2005.
Examines 17th Century dramatist, Ben Jonson's move away from the stage and toward the written work.
4,281 words (approx. 17.1 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 113.95
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Ben Jonson's 1616 "Workes" embodies the central tension of Jonson's career, that between Jonson the dramatist and Jonson the "author." It is now, more or less, commonplace to think of Jonson's career in terms of a movement from the stage to the page. While this may be accurate, it is difficult to explain why Jonson turned his attention increasingly towards the printing house and away from the playhouse. This essay examines this question by looking at how the stage and the page differed for Jonson. Looking at the figurative and literal locations of the playhouses and printing houses, the paper argues that Jonson's primary motivation for becoming a poet of print was that print offered him a safer and more authoritative mode of communication from which to exhort. Jonson, after all, was a moralist at heart, and the early seventeenth-century theater was still a marginalized and contained space, whereas the printing houses were positioned more centrally while, ironically, maintaining a greater freedom from royal control. Thus, print offered Jonson a more powerful tool to effect change.
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"A number of reasons have been suggested to explain why Jonson embraced print publication over performance. The most basic explanation is simply that Jonson sought immortality and realized that print provided a far more lasting medium than the ephemeral experience of the stage. Jonson's dedicatory poem in Shakespeare's First Folio supports this, especially when, addressing Shakespeare directly, Jonson writes: "Thou art a monument without a tomb, / And art alive still while thy book doth live, / And we have wits to read and praise to give" (22-4). Another popular reason given for Jonson's turn to printing involves his anxiety over the interpretation of his works."
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Ben Jonson, A Study in Excellence, 2002.
A bio of playwright and actor Ben Jonson.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper takes the reader on an exploratory journey through the life and works of 17th century playwright and actor Ben Jonson. His productions, his talents and his public dislike of William Shakespeare are all detailed.
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Ben Jonson's "Epigrams", 2002.
This paper is an in-depth analysis of Ben Jonson's 'Epigrams' containing two basic classes of epigrams-- those of praise and those of blame.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 75.95
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The following paper examines how Jonson's book of epigrams seeks to give each man his due. The writer examines the way in which the positive poems rest on the theory that good men have a duty to do praiseworthy things and that the poet has a reciprocal duty to praise them. The writer discusses how Jonson asserts that his epigrams are not only about how men should act toward one another, but also about what they should be in themselves.
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"These characters can easily be imitated if one follows the attributes Jonson exposes, so one can find their faults and display examples of virtue for emulation. There has to be self-control of one";s senses, creating manly characteristics. Once self-control is obtained, others begin to recognize your standing in society. In order to obtain recognition, there must be firm allegiance of oneself to continue these manly qualities. Once you have been free from deceit, society creates a favorable impression toward your ideal. You then have obtained a high position in society, creating a prominent force. People then think of you as useful with a proposed end in mind. This person becomes highly cherished and attracts others because of their presence. They look for your presence because one is free from corruption. These characteristics are voluntary allowing for happiness inside a character because they keep their goals alive by observance of the moral laws in society. All these qualities are not obtained instantly, but develop into models creating the idea that these characters are not unique. These characters could be imitated by any willing character exposing a free manner for doing deeds fearlessly, frankly and voluntarily."
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Ben Jonson's Masques, 1996.
Analyzes four courtly entertainments of 17th Cent. poet. Pageantry, form, purpose, dance, story line, characters, action, antimasques.
4,725 words (approx. 18.9 pages), 17 sources, $ 135.95
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Ben Jonson was the leading writer of courtly masques, the hybrid entertainments, part poetry and part spectacle, that flourished at the courts of James I and Charles I. Jonson's principal innovation in the genre was his development of the antimasque. The antimasque was an opening section of the performances featuring slightly relaxed decorum and providing a contrast with the elevated tone of the masque proper. To be acceptable, a formal innovation as important as the antimasque had to meet a great variety of demands that Jonson and his audience placed on this fragile art form. Though they were undeniably meant as entertainment, masques were designed to praise the sovereign, to confirm the legitimacy of the existing social order and to teach aristocratic audiences by entertaining them. It was a highly artificial and almost ephemeral form in..."
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"Volpone", 2002.
A look at disguise, costume and role playing in Ben Jonson?s "Volpone".
1,226 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 41.95
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Ben Jonson?s "Volpone", first performed in London in 1605, was a highly successful play centering on the theme of greed. The paper shows that "Volpone" is particularly notable for Jonson?s characters? use of disguise, costume and role playing both to advance the action of the story and to visually express Jonson?s ethical beliefs to educate his audience. The paper analyzes the different methods of disguise througout the play.
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"Beyond the clues offered by their names, the characters in Volpone engage in role playing throughout the play. None shifts personality and character more influentially than the title character. Driven by his greed and by his love for trickery, Volpone chooses to play his game not with easily-duped victims, but rather with others like himself. Thus, while pretending to be ill for several years, with the community?s knowledge that he has no heir, Volpone accepts the good wishes and gifts of his colleagues, who offer these in the hope that they will gain Volpone?s goodwill for the giver. Mosca?s task is to convince Volpone?s acquaintances that, upon his supposedly-imminent demise, the Fox will leave all of his wealth to one or another of these would-be friends. Voltore, Corbaccio and Corvino in turn are all convinced that Volpone has named each of them as his sole heir."
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The Ragnarok and "Volpone", 2005.
An examination of the Norse myth as applied to Ben Jonson's play "Volpone".
2,442 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 74.95
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An essay examining the similarities between the Norse myth of Ragnarok and the Ben Jonson play "Volpone". This paper places emphasis on the trickster natures of the 'mythical' figures of Odin, Loki, Volpone and Mosca.
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"Ben Jonson's Volpone is a classic story about the destruction of men by their own scheming. Though the story does not directly evoke Norse mythology, the story of Volpone's downfall- concluded in a devastating punishment scene- mirrors the destruction of the Nordic gods under Odin. In Norse mythology Odin is a cunning trickster, served and aided at times by lesser trickster god named Loki. Ragnarok, the last battle of the gods which leads to their destruction, is brought about by Loki and his offspring as he seeks to supplant Odin. Volpone himself is Odin and Mosca is Loki, and it is Mosca's attempt to overthrow Volpone that leads to the destruction of himself and the majority of the characters in the play in a final cataclysmic scene. Volpone reflects the Ragnarok story and the simple motif that the attempt to rise above one's position and supplant one's betters will be destructive not only to the perpetrator, but to all those involved in the event."
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The Theme of Money in "Volpone" and "The Metamorphosis", 2001.
A look at Kafka and Jonson's stories that show money as the main motivator of the actions by the characters, whether it is for good or bad.
1,335 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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"Happiness of the characters in Volpone and The Metamorphosis depends on money. The characters in Volpone are only happy when another character is unhappy. Corbaccio, Corvino, and Voltore are only happy when they believe that they will inherit the fortune from Volpone.....In The Metamorphosis, the family is only happy when Gregor brings home money and when Gregor dies. While Gregor is working, he wants to be happy that his family is happy, but he is not happy because he has no life. "
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"Upon a Ribbon", 2003.
An analysis of how Thomas Carew's poem, "Upon a Ribbon," is a classic Cavalier piece in the spirit of Ben Jonson.
1,186 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper examines how the poet, Thomas Carew, is a classic Cavalier and how his poetry is a synthesis of both Ben Jonson's classical, elegant poetry and John Donne's metaphysical influence. In particular, it analyzes how in his poem, "Upon a Ribbon," Carew presents the ribbon in the title of his poem and immediately begins to load physical, mental, and spiritual meanings onto his metaphor until it becomes over-saturated and unmanageable. The consequence is the ribbon becomes a twisted, convoluted image that bears a plethora of meanings that do not cohere in a logical whole. It attempts to show how an examination of "Upon a Ribbon" demonstrates Carew's failure at creating a sustained, logical conceit.
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"Carew suddenly switches from bondage to religion in the poem's next section. The ribbon becomes a holy relic and takes on religious and heretical connotations in lines 9-22. The narrator changes from the classical Jonson-like tone used in lines 1-8 to a metaphysical tone, using religious references and the startling metaphor of a blasphemous icon. The narrator states that the ribbon is not only a "holy relic" that preserves his wrist, but it provides the power to sustain his entire body (lines 9-10)."
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"Eastward Ho", 2002.
A review of the play "Eastward Ho" by Ben Jonson, George Chapman and John Marston.
1,248 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 42.95
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This paper analyses the satirical play "Eastward Ho", written early in 1605- the joint creation of Ben Jonson, George Chapman and John Marston. It discusses the underlying themes throughout the play and examines their dramatic effectiveness. In particular, it reviews the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) dramatisation.
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"The final two scenes of the play take place in a prison. The prisoners are chained to the central balcony; sitting with their legs hanging through the bars leaving the audience with the definite impression these people aren?t going anywhere anytime soon. This particular piece of staging was effective as the theme of imprisonment (both physical and social) runs through the play, example including a Goldsmith?s daughter trying unsuccessfully to wed a knight in an attempt to raise her social class and the physical imprisonment of that same knight due to his poverty- another form of incarceration."
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Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., 2005.
A look at the origins, development, and evolution of the famous ice cream company, Ben & Jerry's.
9,154 words (approx. 36.6 pages), 41 sources, APA, $ 189.95
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This paper describes the beginnings of the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream company, its mission statement, the takeover of the company by Unilever, the "caring capitalism" approach to business that Ben & Jerry's founders promoted and which was continued under the ownership of Unilever, and the reasons for the company's continued success.
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Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.
History of Unilever
Unilever's Purchase of Ben & Jerry's
Ben & Jerry's Social Responsibilities Post-Unilever
Conclusions
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"Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, friends who happened to be hippies, decided to go into business. They did not decide on producing ice cream right away; however, all their ideas for business ventures did revolve around food (Lager, 1994). Once Jerry and Ben decided on ice cream, they were on the hunt for the ideal location and ended up in Vermont. The first Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream and Crepe shop opened May 5, 1978 (Lager, 1994; and Theroux, 1993). Surprising both Jerry and Ben, the business did so well that by the ninth day they had to close early due to lack of salable ice cream (Lager, 1994). Nevertheless, the business continued to grow even though Jerry and Ben were not astute businesspersons."
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Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Company, 2004.
A discussion and analysis of strategies adopted by the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Company that have contributed to the company's success.
4,391 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 115.95
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This paper discusses the ice cream industry with specific reference to the ice cream company, Ben & Jerry's. The focus of the paper is on the significance of the internet and the use of information technology in the development of business strategies. The paper considers the successes, failures and weaknesses of these techniques and includes a general discussion of the ice cream industry. This is followed by a specific analysis of Ben & Jerry's. The analysis is achieved through a consideration of information systems within the company and an examination of Ben & Jerry's success in the industry. The company's use of information technology and the Internet to further their success is also examined in detail.
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Industry Summary
Company Perspective
Information Systems at Ben & Jerry's
Final Analysis: The Success of Ben & Jerry's
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"Technology moves forward on a continual basis. All businesses have moved forward with the times and it is almost unthinkable for a modern company of fair size not to have a web page. The ice cream industry is no exception. Another example of how the increasing sophistication of technology is the fact that programmable freezers and aerators now form part of the world of ice cream manufacture."
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'Ben and Jerry's' and 'Haagen Dazs', 1995.
A basic comparison of 'Ben and Jerry's' to 'Haagen Dazs'. There is a slight emphasis on 'Ben & Jerry's' -- probably due to very unique company philosophies and goals. Market targets and sales figures are compared.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 79.95
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"INTRODUCTION
Ben & Jerry's is a leading producer and distributor of ice cream in the United States today. The H?agen-Dazs ice cream company is its leading rival, and the only company that is ahead of Ben & Jerry's in terms of sales. Ben & Jerry's started as a rather unusual company with an unusual philosophy, and it has been this philosophy which has boosted the company into its leading position -- it delivers a high quality product from a personally-owned-and-operated business with a family atmosphere for employees and customers alike. It is this underlying difference between Ben & Jerry's and most other companies that has been much noted in the press, by customers, and even by rivals. Ben & Jerry's is likely to give its competition a strong fight over the next several years because of its image, its ..."
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