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Misogynistic Language in the Comedies of Ben Jonson: Jonson's Social Commentary on a Degenerating London
… comedies, such as Celia in <em>Volpone</em> or Dame Pliant in <em>The Alchemist</em>, are passive, weak characters who subject themselves to the rule of men, while the opinionated, strong women are either objects for ridicule like the Collegiates in <em>Epicoene</em> or are destined for death …