The article studies the character of the Vice as an ambiguous presence in the moral plots of Tudor interludes. After summarising the main aspects of the Vice’s onstage role, the author highlights the trajectory of its moral weight from being the antagonist of good and mankind’s main tempter towards evil, to becoming the punisher of characters who are already corrupt. The Vice’s close relationship with the audience is also studied, because this is the paramount instrument to fascinate both its victims and spectators. To investigate these facets of the Vice the article touches Mankind, Impatient Poverty, Enough is as Good as a Feast, Cambises, Mundus et Infans, Like Will to Like, Apius and Virginia, and The Tyde Taryeth No Man.
Il Vice nel dramma inglese del Cinquecento, ovvero un’ambigua allegoria del male
Roberta Mullini
2020
Abstract
The article studies the character of the Vice as an ambiguous presence in the moral plots of Tudor interludes. After summarising the main aspects of the Vice’s onstage role, the author highlights the trajectory of its moral weight from being the antagonist of good and mankind’s main tempter towards evil, to becoming the punisher of characters who are already corrupt. The Vice’s close relationship with the audience is also studied, because this is the paramount instrument to fascinate both its victims and spectators. To investigate these facets of the Vice the article touches Mankind, Impatient Poverty, Enough is as Good as a Feast, Cambises, Mundus et Infans, Like Will to Like, Apius and Virginia, and The Tyde Taryeth No Man.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
