by Molière, Richard Wilbur
Isn't it interesting that there are some sectors of society that get really upset if you poke fun at them, or even criticise them in anyway. Normally this happens because these particular people are well aware that what they are doing is wrong and that they are simply playing on people's stupidity t...
bookshelves: published-1664, france, earlymodern16c-18c, play-dramatisation, poetry Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Susanna Read on February 22, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** Background blurb - Moiliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673) delighted in lampooning the social pretensions and conceits of 17...
How disappointing! I really liked this play when I first read it way back in middle school. It was my first exposure to [a:Molière|29837|Molière|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1219168412p2/29837.jpg], and I remembered being so impressed with his work. I am still impressed with Moliè...
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...
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...
It wasn't very interesting, but not so bad either.
Last time I read this the translation was way less fun. This time, it included the line "Monkey see, monkey do, monkey phoney!" and that should indicate its quality. Liked it way more. Translation is a hell of a thing (especially in rhyming couplets! Hot damn. If only I weren't too lazy to look u...
When I read this play for the first time, I had a strange feeling that I'd seen it somewhere before. Cretinous Orgon can't understand what's obvious to the audience and everyone else in the play, namely that the slimy cleric Tartuffe is not only trying to ruin him, but also to get into his wife's pa...
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