THE ALCHEMIST

BEN JONSON
Author Introduction :
Born on 11 June 1572, in Westminster.
Language Early modern English.
Literary movement English Pendissance.
Reign King Tajmes-1.
Actor played the role ‘‘Hieronimo” (The Spanish trdgedy)
Jonson described his wife ‘‘a shrew, yet honest”
1603 – His eldest son Benjamin Jonson died of bubonic plage so he wrote elegy on my
first sonne.
He wrote for admiral’s men.(Company).
1579 – The isle of Doge – Co written with Thomes Nashe.
Queen Elizabeth arrested him for this work.
Charged with ‘‘Leude and muthynous behavior”
1598 – 22sept- killed Gabriel Spencer – got prisioned.
Thomas wright, a Jesuit priest influenced very much he converted protestanism to
cathalism.
1605 – 1620 viewed as Jonson’s heyday.
He got yearly pension of £60.
Called as Englands’s first poet Laureated.
Died on or around 16 Aug 1637.
Buried at westminister Abbey – inscription – ‘‘O Rare Ben Jonson”.
Jon about Shakespeare ‘‘He was not of an age, but for all time”.

Other Works
Tragedies Sejanus , catalane, A tale of a to b.
Comedies The case is Alterde, A tale of a TUB, The 1sle of dogs, Every man in his
HUMOUR, The poetaster, Esward HO, Volepone, TheAlchmist.
Pastoral The sad shepherd incomplete work.

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History Mortimer His fall.

Work Introduction
Comedy first performed in1610 by king’s men (Lord chamberlain’s men)
Supreme master piece in comedy performed – 1610, Published – 1612.
Source platus – ‘‘Mostellairia”, poenidus
Purpose ‘‘Show an image of the times and sporty with human follies, not with crimes”
Entered into stationer’s register.
Coleridge One of the three best plots in E.L.
Followed 3 unities ( Time, Place, Action).
Based on cony catching (or) swindling,
Dedicated to Mary, Lady wroth.

Characters
Love wit Master of the house.
Subtle The Alchemist, meaning crafty or clever.
Face Lungs or ulen spiegal, Jermy Buteler, servent to Love wit.
Dol common Short for Dorothy, Female colleague.
Dapper A legal clerk, comes to get ‘‘gambling fly” (a spirit).
Drugger Abel, Nab, Tobacconist.
Sir Epicure Mammon Means a person who is devoted to sensory enjoyment and
material wealth, a knight,
Sir pertinax surly A gamester, assistant to mammon.
Tribulation wholesome Pastor of Amsterdam.
Ananias Deacon of Amsterdem, Anabaptist
Kastrill Angry Boy
Dame pliant Widow sister to kastrill.
Prologne - Addresses t fortune.
At the beginning of the play subtle and face fought for proporation of division of
spoils. Subtle used the weapons vial, and bottle Face used sword.
House owner Lovewit left hishouse, now Faceis the incharge of the house where the entire
play take plave.

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Doll common (Dol singular) intertears and tries to compromise. Face met subtie at pie corner
at first time.

1. Face threatens subtle to publish the tricks in st.panl cathedral. Now bell rings,
Dappe, The cherk appears, he is intrsted in gambling. Now face acting as captain and
subtie acting as alchemist. Face met him lat night at Dagger Inn in Holborn. Now
subtle talks about Queen of fairy. So Dapper want to meet Queen of fairy to get luck.
In order to see Queen subtie says Dapper to four
3 drops of vinegar in nose
2 drops of vinegar in mouth
1 drop of vinegar in each ear.
2. Subthe enters with Abel Drugger the next visitor, the to baconist Drugger want to
open a new shop. He want an idea to attract new customers and design the hew shop.
His to bacco smells like roses. Subthe desins that door should be south and broadside
of building should be west.
3. The next visitors are Epicure Mannon and sir petrnix surely. In this time subthe acted
as Alchemist and fae as Lungs, the assistant. Mannon want philosopher’s stone.
Which turn metaql to gold. Usually creation of philosophers stone took many years
but subtle made in 10 months only. Mammon plans to buy Devonshire and cornwall
to make gold mines butg surely did not believe. But Mammon gave historical
example from old testament and Greek Mythology. The s.t Patric chase insects out of
Freland Mammon imagines about like rich peru, gold mines, solomonsophir surly
warns but mannon denies. Subthe explains the theory of making philosapher’s stone,
but not understand by others. Lungs in forms surly that captin fave want to meet him
in temple church within 30 minutes for Business. Lungs gives the details about mad
noble Women – Dol common to Mommon, Mammonb want to meet her immediately.
Lungs and Alchemist got more money from mammon for that.
4. Now Ananias,a puritan enters. He came to buy philosophers stone for tribulation.
Tribulation gave 30 pounds for bricks, go pounds for material and he gave coal for
their experiment.
5. Drugger comes again with the news about wealth widow, Dame pliant. She want to
read her fortune by subtle. Her brother kastril want learn the art of dwelling. So
Face said subtle give the practice. Both face and subtle exe on rich widow to marry.

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6. The puritans, Tribulation and Annaias came again Tribulation needs philosophers
stone to convert the people as puritans. Tribulation and subtle converstate about
philosopher stone but Ananias interupts so subtle got anger and tribulation convinues
with extra gold and money.
7. Drugger enter again with kastril (1500 pounds). Drugger want to mary Dame subtle
and fave convinved kastril to gambling.
8. Dapper appeared, now subtle acted as pries of Fairy and of fers the dress (Peticoat) to
dapper. Dapper gave all his money and jewells to see fairy. Suddenly mommon
came, So Dapper asked to wait for 2 more hours with ginger bread in his mouths to
visit fairy.
9. Mammon met fave now face as Lungs. Face presents Dol as mad noble woman to
Mannon. At the first sight mammon fgalls and wooling her. Mammon talks about
philosopher’s stone and gold. Then he loudly proposes. Dol and fave warns this
noise may be affect the making of philosophers stone so they went to garden. Now
Dol looks like ‘‘Austrail prince”.
10. Now face, Dame pliant, kastril, subtle met together. Subtle lends Dame and kastril to
chameber of demonstration, one of the room. In chamber of demonstration kastril can
study dueling and Dame can see her fortune. Now there is a quarrel between Face
and subtle to marry Dame.
Suddenly Spaniard want (Spanish don, surly disgnise) entered and want to meet the
lady Doll. Face and suble convinced Dame for Doll and Spaniard met Dame instead
of Doll.
11. Dol and mammon in the Garden. Dol spoke language of Broughton to much of sound
and lust activity spoils the making of philosopher’s stone. But there is a change to
retrieve P.S, if he sends 100 pounds to the Box at Bethlem but mammon went away.
12. Surly explains everything about the trick of face and subtle to Dame. Suddenly surly
attacks subtle. Drugger, Ananias, kastril formed the team and fought with surly.
There was too much of sound created by the man. Subtle explained Ananias that too
much of sound spoils the P.S.
13. Dol entered and told Love wit returned. At that time all the neighbours complaint to
Love Wit. Love Wit knocked the door. Jermy Butier appeared. Love it asks the
reason so Jermy told that cat dfied of plaghe so all the doors are closed.
Now surly, Mammo, kastril, Tribulation, Ananias came but Jermy manages. There is
a crying sound from the next room that was Dapper. Love wit demands the truth.
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Then Butier confessed and explained about rich widow and asked Love wit to war
Spanish coat. Finally Love wit married Dame plaint.

Dapper met Fairy quen( Dol Common) Dol gove fly ( spirit) asks to feed for l week .
Subtle and dol escaped through back door because Jermy informs about police men.
Mammon, surly, kastil came but there is no one.
Finally – Love wit married Dame
Dapper met Fairy
Surly cost Dame.

Love wit defeats drugger and kastril with the help of cudgel. Kastril offers 500
pounds to dame. There is a celebration with tobbacco.
Subtle, surly, mammon, Dol, Annanis , Dapper, drugger foolished Jermy.
Love wit gave the concluding speech to audience.

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1. Who is called as England’s first poet laureate (Ben Jonson)
2. Which write was arrested by Queen Eliziabeth (Ben Jonson)
3. The English satirist who used the sharp edge of praise to attack his victims was
(Ben Jonson)
4. Ben Jonson Belongs to (Restoration Period)
5. Ben Jonson lived in (16th)
6. ‘‘ A comedy would show an image of the time and sport with human follies, not with
crimes”, is the prologue of (The Alchemist).
7. The Alchemist is an attack on tricksters and gulls.
8. The first play written by Ben Jonson was (Every man in his
Humour)
9. How many humours are there in human mental make up (4)
10. Ben Jonson is famous for comedies of Humours.
11. Opening line of the play (Believe’T, I will)
12. What are subtle and face doing as the play opens (Argning)
13. Who say ‘‘ I fart at thee” subtle.
14. Where is the play set? (Blackfroars)
15. In whose house is the play set (Lovewit)
16. The arrangement ends only when (Dol Takes
Face’s and subtle’s weapons)
17. Where iscovewit during most of the play (At His
Hop – yards, Tending to business)
18. Who is the first gull (Dapper)
19. What does Dapper want from the Docter ( A gambling fly)
20. What does Dapper have o o to meet his aunt
(Put on chean clothes, inhale vinegar, and say buz and Hum)
21. Drugger born on (Wednesday)
22. What does subtle tell Drugger to write on his north walls (Real,
velel, Thiel)
23. Who looked like Austrial prince (Dol)
24. Spaniard is the disguise character of surley.
25. Love wit defeat drugger with the help of cudgel.