Volpone

The character Volpone raises interesting questions about greed and arrogance. He and Mosca deceive the other characters in the play into giving him lavish gifts and sweet talking him. Though they get great entertainment out of it, it is alarming just how ridiculous Volpone loves every moment of it, and it no doubt sharpens his ego. His pride and his greed become more and more excessive with every person he tricks. It actually raises the question of how aggressive and demanding Volpone would have been while trying to seduce Celia, had his ego not been enlarged. The scene where he is almost raping Celia proves how pathetic a man Volpone actually is, ironically though the play's namesake, he is one of the weakest more despicable characters in the play.