18. How does the play represent Volpone's desire for Celia? What is her story and what function does Volpone serve in her story? To what does he think he is entitled and how does Celia try to correct him? What does this story do, dramatically and analytically, in a story about a society in which stuff constitutes the height of achievement? Think about how Celia is brought into this play in act two, scene two. She becomes an object of desire for Volpone based on a description of her. His entire act as Scoto is designed to view her. What is Celia's function in this play? Is she a kind of idea or is she a character in her own right? How do we determine that? In act 2, scene 6 Mosca persuades Corvino to allow his wife to lie in bed with Volpone in order to become Volpone's heir. What is this plan really about for Volpone and Mosca? How do Corvino's attitudes toward Celia and the portrayal of cuckoldry change in act 2, scene 6? What does Celia become? What does the play seem to be saying about what women are what men are willing to do for money? husband's