The Misanthrope
by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
Born in 1622 in Paris, France, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin was the eldest child of Jean Poquelin, an upholsterer who was attached to the royal...
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The French dramatist Molière (1622-1673) wrote comedies that range from simple farces to sophisticated satires. The master of French comedy, he was both the product and the critic of the French...
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Molière's talents as both a writer and an actor were so great that at the height of his career he was often confused with the characters of his plays, whether cuckolded and browbeaten husbands,...
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In the following essay, Jones explores the polarities of the characters in Molière's Le Misanthrope.
Two fundamental contrasts strike the audience of Le Misanthrope: the contrast betw...
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In the following essay, Cholakian contends that Molière's Le Misanthrope's underlying presumption is that women camouflage their true selves in order to become what men desire.
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In the following essay, Riggs, focuses on the character of Alceste and his attempts to discern text from reality in Le Misanthrope.
Alceste, the Misanthrope, is a man trying to escape from the jung...
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In the following essay, Peacock examines the ending of Molière's Le Misanthrope, contending that its paradoxical nature is representative of the comic, and not the tragic, dramatic genre...
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In this essay, Gaines argues that the series of oppositions and dualities in The Misanthrope comprise a deliberate pattern of paradoxes.
Beginning with Rousseau's Lettre à d'Al...
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Authors often give their characters contradictory traits in order to emphasize the importance of both traits. At one point, the reader may see one side of the character, but by a simple change in plot...
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Teaching Le Misanthrope
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The Misanthrope Lesson Plans contain 99 pages of teaching material, including:
The Misanthrope
Molière
Moliere
Critical Essay by Dorothy F. Jones
The Power of Perception in The Misanthrope
