Timon Noon Of Athens Summary

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Timon is the protagonist of “Timon of Athens”. Timon is a very generous man and is shown through his actions like paying for his friend’s bail from jail. One day Timon throws a party and invites all of his friends over,that he loves and enjoys. It gives him pleasure to give all of his friends gifts with nothing in return. Flavius, Timon’s servant, is getting worried that Timon will run out of money if he continues to be generous with his money. Three creditors then send their servants to Timon to collect their debt. Timon tries to make them go away but they don’t budge. Timon then asks Flavius why he has creditors at his door. Flavius says that he has no more money and is in debt. Timon then asks Flavius to sell his land but his land is already mortgaged. …show more content…

Timon then rejects the thought and sends his servants to his friends to ask for a loan. All of his “friends” reject the servants. A crowd of creditor servants swarm Timon’s house. Timon is then outraged that he is trapped in his house by swarms of creditor servants. Timon then plans a last party. Timon invites all his friends and others to his party. Timon leads grace and while saying it, He says that the gods should not give too much to mankind, for mankind will betray it. He then reveals rocks and boiling water under the platters. Timon then run out of Athens. During this, Alcibiades, one of Timon’s associates, is in with the senate trying to help the fate of one of his friends who is being sentenced to death. The senate finds Alcibiades so annoying they banish him from Athens. He then plans to raise an army to destroy Athens. Timon scavenges the woods for food but then discovers a hidden cache of gold. Timon, struck by irony, reburied the gold while keeping some. Flavius, with all the money he can gather, goes out in search of Timon. Alcibiades stumbles across

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