Volpone as a Didactic Play

Volpone is a wonderful play, which is written by Ben Jonson. This

play opens with a very important argument, which sums up the major
concerns of the play. It has a didactic message about the bad effects of
money.
Acknowledge for the sake of argument, through this novel we learn
that Volpone is a childless man who is very rich and loves money so
much. However, after Mosca makes a trick that Volpone is dying; then he
tells Voltore, Corbaccio and Corvino that if they come, each a lone, and
gives Volpone a present they will inherent all volpone’s wealth. So,
because of their greedy Corvino sells his wife Celia to Volpone and
Corbaccio disinherits his son Bonario for the sake of Volpone’s wealth
and Voltore, as a lawyer, will help Volpone in the court by accusing
Bonario and Celia of having an affair.
Meanwhile, Voltore realizes that Volpone and Mosca have deceived
him so he decides to tell the truth that Bonario and Celia are innocent. At
that moment, these people are punished for their faults: Volpone’s wealth
is taken away. Mosca and Volpone are sent to prison. Corvino is ordered
to wear a hat with long donges ear. This punishment suits him because he
had sold away his wife. Voltore is also punished because he did not act up
to the expectations of his office; he is dismissed from it as a lawyer.
Giving all his wealth to his son also punishes Corbaccio. Being given all
her dowry rewards Celia, she is sent to her parents’ house because
Corvino is not a proper husband. Bonario is also rewarded because he gets
all his father’s wealth.
Finally, we can see that this play is a comedy of the love of money,
which corrupts people in general. In a mass, God would always rescue and
protect innocent people. It also teaches the audiences and the readers a
moral a moral lesion. Typically, some people punished for their mistakes
and others rewarded for their good works and behaviors.