#Paris In July Molière
- Author: Molière (1622-1673)
- Genre: 5 act play
- Title: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
- Published: 1670
- #ParisInJuly
- Satire is at its best when it is seeking to point out
- the many hypocrisies strewn around our society.
- Satire allows us to twist and shape them into
- nothing more than an object of ridicule.
- Molière is the master when it comes
- to poking fun at the bourgeois!
- Strong point: Molière makes you think and laugh…
- even with the title “Le Bourgeois gentilhomme”
- It is a paradox…bourgeois is what M. Jourdan is (common birth)
- Gentilhomme is what he wants to become.
- But how do you cast off the common and
- ennoble yourself at all costs to acquire aristocratic privileges?
- Character M. Joudain: naive, ignorant, excessive pride in his appearance, parvenu
- Strong point: the play is highly entertaining with hilarious, unforgettable scenes
- It is also a comment on society in 1670s and even today.
- It makes us reflect:
- Is climbing the social ladder really that important?
- Theme: with all the gold in the world
- you cannot become the one (aristocrat)….you are not!
- …”avec tout l’or du monde, on ne peut être celui qu’on n’est pas.”
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