The Susanne

Or should I say that time of the semester: it’s essay time! Four essays to be writ­ten and handed in within the next couple of weeks, the first one due tomor­row. And let me just say, that as fas­cin­at­ing and fun I find the play I’m sup­posed to write my essay on, Ben Johnson’s Vol­pone, the ques­tion is pro­por­tion­ally boring and unin­spir­ing:

“The major­ity of the char­ac­ters of Ben Jonson’s Vol­pone are devotedly self-​seeking, and vary only in their meth­ods and their degree of ruth­less­ness.” Dis­cuss this statement.

Ser­i­ously, what’s there to dis­cuss? Yes, they’re devotedly self-​seeking! That’s one of the major themes of the d*** play!  And yes, they are all dif­fer­ent and so they must inev­it­ably vary in their meth­ods, as well as their degree of ruth­less­ness! Ahh…I’m frustrated.

There is no rel­ev­ant cri­ti­cism to be found on the sub­ject either, I’m guess­ing because it’s such an obvi­ous theme that no one has bothered to write about it. Feel my frus­tra­tion! Does anyone know this play? Anyone will­ing to rescue me from my cur­rent state of hope­less­ness by assist­ing me to another view on this sub­ject and/or giving me some point­ers on how to write this essay, will earn my eternal grat­it­ude and pos­sibly dinner if they live near enough.

Of course, all work and no play (well, one play, but you get my drift I’m sure) makes Susanne a very dull girl.. and hungry too! Luck­ily deli­cious, light meals can be put together in a jiffy if you’ve only got a few staples at hand: a little rocket, some cherry toma­toes and a few wafer thin slices of parmeg­giano reg­giano and you’re good to go! Well I am, anyway. Sadly, snack time and rant­ing time over, it’s now time to get back to work. Yey.

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