Throughout the play, people are frequently referred to as beings in the animal kingdom: dogs, goats, bulls, horses, and many types of birds. I found it fitting that in the end, through all of the transformations by disguise and cosmetics--men are referred to as insects, the lowest beings of all.
Jonson pairs this up with women and men constantly needing a means to make their appearance greater than those around them. For example, the coat of arms is used by showing a hierarchy through the colors on clothing--something a moth would give little regard to when tearing it a part, and, "ripping the linen."
It is amusing that while the men are being ridiculed for their trickery, women, who appear to rely on it in a day-to-day basis historically, essentially rise above.
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