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Molière Biography. M olière really knew how to tick people off. Born in 1622, he is considered France’s answer to Shakespeare and is arguably the greatest writer of neoclassical comedy.
Molière has been criticized for excessive optimism and conformism, but however conservative his solutions to the problems that he posed, there can be no doubt that he was forthright and ...
In genre, the plays of Moliere differ greatly from those of Shakespeare. For the most part, Moliere is known for his comedies of manners in which he satirizes and parodies nobles, doctors, priests ...
by David Whitton. SOURCE: “‘Don Juan,’ 1665-1925,” in Molière: Don Juan, Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 1-17. [In this excerpt, Whitton reviews the performance history of Don Juan ...
Molière's other plays demonstrate McBride's definition. The titles often contain two ideas, one of which undermines the other. Le Bourgeois gentilhomme designates two incompatible social statuses.
Introduction. Molière 's The Miser, titled L'Avare in French, is a five-act comedic play that was first performed in Paris in 1668. Molière, a renowned French playwright of the 17th century, was ...
by Helen L. Harrison. SOURCE: “Language for Money: the Patron and the Servant,” in Pistoles/Paroles: Money and Language in Seventeenth-Century French Comedy, Rookwood Press, 1996, pp. 151-70 ...
Summary. Arnolphe, the protagonist of the play, is a forty-two-year-old bachelor who has convinced himself that intelligent women cannot be trusted. He is certain that if he marries, his wife will ...
Molière primarily mocks this class through Argan’s characterization. Argan has a tender side as well, and the nuance in his characterization is one of the play’s significant achievements.
Amphitryon and his slave Sosia are returning to their native city of Thebes following a long period fighting a war abroad. While he was away, the god Jupiter, struck by the beauty of Amphitryon's ...
