Abstract

A Study of Satire of Major Comedies by Ben Jonson

Dr. Abdul Jaleel Fadhil Jameel

Volume: 12 Issue: 2 2022

Abstract:

Due to the changeable economic, political and social circumstances which the Elizabethan age witness, there appeared several writers who tried to employ their writings in order to solve the problems that faced their society which took place as a result these changes. Among these writers, Ben Jonson, a prominent play¬wright who is considered as the second famous English playwright after Shakespeare during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and James, devotes his writings to directing a severe satire to the moral follies and deviations emerging in his society. He believes that society cannot become an ideal one ,unless man is capable of overcoming these follies, thus he can ascend his society to the golden world of which he was dreaming. There is unanimous agreement on the fact that Jonson's fame is mainly ascribed to his matchless abilities in adopting a satire in his writings.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v12i02.016

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