Topics:

1. —Jonson's Volpone is referred to as a "dark satire on human rapacity" (Norton, p. 1443), and Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is characterized as "the last of the great festive comedies" (Norton, p. 1187). Follow up; compare and contrast Shakespeare's festive comedy with Jonson's satiric comedy.
2. —Present and evaluate the views of Earl Roy Miner, in the book, The Cavalier mode from Jonson to Cotton,
3. —Present and evaluate the views of Gayle Edward Wilson, in the article, "Jonson's Use of the Bible and the Great Chain of Being in 'To Penshurst'."