Vol-pwn-ed

Volpone, by Ben Jonson, is a comedy about a Venetian gentleman who pwns the crap out of Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino, the seekers of his fortune. He's all like "BOOM HEADSHOT!" and Voltore and Co. are all like "wtf n00b hax0rz," since Volpone makes them believe that each one is named in his will while getting Corbaccio to disinherit his son in favor of Volpone. Volpone's 1337 skillz lead him to disguising himself in order to see Celia, the very beautiful wife of Corvino. Mosca, Volpone's assistant guy dude man, tells Corvino that Volpone needs to pwn Celia in order to revive himself, and Corvino, for some reason, agrees. "Why, yes you may have foreign relations with my wife, pip pip, what?" he says. Volpone tries to seduce Celia with flowery rhetoric and the promise of luxury, but when she knocks him back, Volpone tries to rape her. Heavy stuff for a comedy, right? This is interesting as it shows that Volpone, for all his supposed cunning, has no real power over others other than money. But, as he finds out, not everyone can be easily bought off. Volpone is accused of attempted rape by Bonario, who was lurking in the shadows watching Volpone, and who stops Volpone from pwning Celia. Volpone and Mosca, however, get off at least initially, and are only brought down when they turn on each other and begin team-killing, which makes Volpone rage quit from the play. The interesting thing about the conclusion is that there is no real sense of justice. Bonario gets and inheritence that he doesnt want, Corvino is sentenced to public humiliation, Celia is sent back as a tainted object to her father...the suffering is almost equal on all sides. But I suppose this is more based in reality than not. Fairy tale endings dont always happen in real life, and many times justice is not served as it is supposed to.