Gorgibus, Magdelon’s father, has set her and her cousin up with two men, LaGrange and Du Croisy, but both girls reject the men’s advances because they consider the men to be unrefined and boring. �Q|���Q;K�(F1�D�h� �@��pe (Critical Survey of Literature for Students). Molière was a master of comedy, and Performer Stuff playwright, Tim Mooney, is a Molière aficionado! A monologue full of dramatic irony about a girl telling a story to her boyfriend’s father — the one person who mustn’t hear it. The set represented the front of Arnolphe’s house and the street in which the entire action takes place. An email redemption code has been sent to the receiver. He left, but kept returning, and as he passed. In this instance, the performer faces a secondary challenge of laughing while yet maintaining the rhythm of the iambic pentameter. It's the most amazing story you ever heard. Horace unwittingly confides his distress to Arnolphe about his attempts to “rescue” her. Célimène, an unapologetic flirt, is a popular and beautiful lady of French society who is courted by four men, all of whom she eventually rejects because she deems herself better than them. A monologue about a girl who must flatter her sister so that the conversation doesn’t end up addressing the topic of an ex-boyfriend. Omnipotence goes with the beard. Gave each new bow a fresh acknowledgement. Arnolphe, a wealthy fifty-two year old man, returns home after a ten-day absence. Isabelle deceives Sganarelle, her guardian: she tells him that Valère, the young man, is bothering her with his professions of affection, and she plans on Sganarelle becoming enraged over this fact. Listen. Magdelon responds enthusiastically to his proposal. To convince him, she impersonates a doctor with the slightest of disguises, which she changes instantaneously backstage, returning as herself. When Arnolphe complains of her misdeed, she explains the innocence of her encounter with Horace, the man she saw, and the intended virtue of her action. I was sewing, out on the balcony, in the breeze, I was sewing, out on the balcony, in the breeze, Magdelon and her cousin, Cathos, have come to Paris to find love and adventure. Lucinde, Géronte’a daughter, has been told she must marry a rich man she doesn’t love and has mysteriously gone mute. You have successfully purchased store credit. The one half is supreme, and the other subordinate: the one is all submission to the other which rules; the obedience which the well disciplined soldier shows to his leader, the servant to his master, a child to his parent, the lowest monk to his superior, is far below the docility, obedience, humility, and profound respect due from the wife to her husband, her chief, her lord, and her master. Links to each one are included with the description so you can easily find the perfect Molière monologue that’s right for you! Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. stream << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /ColorSpace << /Cs1 7 0 R >> /Font << /F3.0 10 0 R Though Henriette may modestly eschew philosophy, between her and Armande, she is obviously the more clear-headed. The School for Wives was probably the most popular success of Molière’s controversial career. 100% Upvoted. Character description, analysis and casting breakdown for Agnes from The School For Wives Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. (Think a “Regina George from Mean Girls” type.) Agnes, having been kept ignorant of the scandalous intrigues or sensual desires of man by her guardian, Arnolphe, does not understand the reason why she is restricted from seeing a man in their home, especially when her actions were so innocent. I'll tell Horace's father that the young fool is chasing a poor, country girl, and I'll make Agnes send him away. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. To Molière’s contemporaries, however, such a comedy was subject to certain rules of decorum; all violent action was banned from the stage, and the audience’s imagination filled in what was necessary. type.) Henriette, a girl who loves simple things and seeks a simple life of marriage, flatters her sister by telling her that she is of great intelligence and asks Armande to admit the worth of her own mind. Remember, Agnès, that, in making you part of myself, I give my honour into your hands, which honour is fragile, and easily damaged; that it will not do to trifle in such a matter, and that there are boiling cauldrons in hell, into which wives who live wickedly are thrown for evermore. Make a curtsey. In an age of arranged marriages and subsequent philandering, Molière’s conviction that marriage should be based on love would have been radical if it had not been integrated into the absurdities of the comedy. Shhh! His friend Chrysalde has a few opposing opinions to share with him, his thoughts on his new name being only one of them. When Lucinde is, , she finally releases a torrent of words, saying, perhaps, what we wish every, 10 of the Best Molière Monologues for Men. His friend Chrysalde has a few opposing opinions to share with him, his thoughts on his new name being only one of them. A monologue about a girl who professes her love to a man she thinks is a courtier…when he is really the servant of a man she rejected. She has, however, tied a note to it in which she confesses her love for him. 13 0 obj I was sewing, out on the balcony, in the breeze.
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