climbing over the wall at the back of the estate. And, the biggest surprise of all, Face’s master ends up as husband to Dame Pliant.
The relationship between Subtle and Face in this play resembles that of Volpone and Mosca. Both Face and Mosca function as the intermediary to bring the victims to the Impostor. Face and Mosca are young, where Subtle and Volpone are clearly older. And Face, as the end of the play reveals, truly is a Clever Servant who is able to turn the tables on Subtle just as Mosca turns the tables on Volpone. The distinction is both one of character and formula (that is, how the character functions within the plot).
Using Subtle and Volpone as examples, then, the Impostor might be described as having some, if not all, of the following characteristics:
The Impostor is a character that …
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