We’re still in the drama unit of my AP English class, and this was the next gem that was waiting for us to read. Honestly, I had never heard of Tartuffe, nor does the idea of French drama thrill me, but I was surprised; it wasn’t perfectly captivating, but it was definitely decent. The constant rhym...
Tartuffe is probably one of Moliere’s most well-known plays. Mostly because of the controversy it generated in his time and its subsequent banning. The hyper-hypocritical religiosity of Tartuffe didn’t sit well with the Church. So, yeah, it’s funny. And really not that controversial since the f...
Moliere is a mocking master. He skewers the pretentious (The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Affected Damsels), the greedy (The Miser), and pretty much everyone in The Doctor in Spite of Himself. It’s rare that reading a play seems as smooth as a novel, but Moliere ‘s plays are unencumbered and slip by e...
For myself, I’m ravished by beauty wherever I find it, and I yield at once to the sweet violence with which it takes us captive. It’s useless for me to pledge my heart and hand; the love I feel for one charming creature can’t pledge me to be unjust to others; I still have eyes for the merits of the...
Okay, I like tragedy better than comedy. Sorry if that makes me all emo. These two plays by Moliere...I like them more than most comedies. I like them more than Shakespeare's comedies, and I like them at least as much as Aristophanes. They're very focused: each presents its case and makes it. I...
Background blurb - Moiliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673) delighted in lampooning the social pretensions and conceits of 17th Century French society. In this 1664 verse comedy with serious overtones, Tartuffe, a penniless scoundrel and religious poseur, is invited by a gullible benefactor to l...
Something might be wrong with me, because everybody else seems to like it. I'm not sure if it's my taste for modern drama or I just can't stand stupidity and ignorance saved in the last minute by a third party and everyone ends up happily.I obviously need to see it performed in order to enjoy it pro...
Can't wait to see the play. This is a hilarious attempt by a man to control a woman's thoughts and feelings by keeping her stupid and uneducated. Doesn't work, of course. Written in 1662, the play is surprisingly fresh and modern. It shows that the relationship between man and woman hasn't chang...
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