British playwright, Ben Jonson. A 6 page paper on the ethical dimension of Ben Jonson's satire. The paper asserts that virtue is impossible in an atmosphere driven by envy and greed.
Bibliography lists six sources.
This 2 page essay discusses Ben Jonson's poem 'To Penhurst' that celebrates the peace, harmony, beauty and cooperation of a country estate. Unlike his satire and comedies, it is clear that Jonson finds the ideal of English society in Penhurst. A 5 page paper looking at the presence of humanism in Ben Jonson's 'Inviting a Friend to Supper'. The paper shows how Renaissance humanism developed from the extreme ecclesiastical orientation of the Middle Ages, and points out its manifestations in this poem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.