Epicœne (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ben Jonson
- First Published: 1616
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Early seventeenth century
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, England or English people, Barbershops or barbers, Seventeenth century, Women, London, Noise, Sound
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Morose, an unbalanced man with a horror of any noise except the sound of his own frequently exercised voice. He is given to outbursts of violent temper when disturbed. His servants are trained to wear tennis shoes, answer as much as possible in sign language, and to speak—if speak they must—in a whisper through a trunk to deaden the sound. A constant victim of noisy practical jokes, he believes his nephew to be the cause of many of the disturbances; consequently, he determines to disinherit him and to marry a silent woman found for him by a silent...
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