The Office vs. Volpone

Since I completed all of my Ruminations for the class I still wanted to contribute to the class, and when Professor Calhoun mentioned that the characters in Volpone could be seen as similar to those in The Office it sparked off ideas in my mind. In the play Volpone, the tale of Volpone’s trickery is constantly twisting and turning as the characters in the play are scheming and lying to each other until the whole things blows up in Volpone’s face. This is a weekly occurrence with Steve Carell’s character Michael Scott who would play Volpone. He is always plotting some kind of scheme as he sidekick Dwight Schrute played by Rainn Wilson is at his side, which of course would play Mosca. Nano would be played by Ed Helmes (Andy) who keeps Volpone (Michael Scott) amused with jokes. Castrone who never speaks in the play would obviously be played by Brian Baumgartner (Kevin), as you never can understand when he speaks. Celia who displays goodness would be played by Jenna Fischer (Pam) who in The Office is usually the one who does well by others. The mean and vicious Corvino would be played by Craig Robinson, as he is always curt with his answers to everyone. The deceitful Voltore always looking to climb the ladder of success would be played by Paul Lieberstein who is also looking to knock others over to climb the money ladder. Leslie David Baker (Stanley) would play Corbaccio as he is always complaining of not feeling well. Bonario son of Corbacio who rescues Celia would be played by John Krasinski (Jim) who deep down inside is an honorable man. The very proper Fine Madame Would-be would be Amy Ryan (Holly) she thinks she is better than everyone else in The Office. Creed Bratton (Creed) would be Sir Politic Would-be as he looks like an English Knight. Finally the Hermaphrodite Androgyno would be played by Kate Flannery (Meredith) she just seems to fit that part right.