Who are the main characters in Ben Jonson's The Alchemist?

MASTER LOVEWIT. The aptly
named master of the house, he is quick to overlook the chicanery in his house when he
sees the chance for romance and marriage with Dame
Pliant.

ABEL DRUGGER. Drugger is a
tobacconist--a druggist--who yearns to improve his business by any means
necessary.

JEREMY BUTLER. He also goes by
the names Lungs and Face. As the alchemist's assistant, Lungs spends many hours in the
smoke-filled lab. As Face, he easily adapts to another identity when the need
fits.

EPICURE MAMMON. The evil Mammon's
name derives from an old English story in which the character is believed to be the
devil. In Greek, the word is synonomous with "riches"--what Mammon most
desires.

DAME PLIANT. The desirable woman
is aptly named ("pliant" is defined as "flexible") since she is readily willing to give
up her fiance for the much older Lovewit.