If I made an adaptation of one of Moliere’s plays, it would be Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. The events of the story would happen in the modern world. Mr. Jourdain, an average American citizen, tries to become a man of high status. The protagonist strives to get rich and successful. He makes friends with wealthy people and thinks that they will help him; however, they only swindle him. There is no woman servant in my play. Moreover, the protagonist courts marchioness Dorimene with the help of his aristocratic friend Doronte who actually loves the woman too. Doronte only deceives Jourdain to make his own dreams come true. The main character is also against his daughter Lucille’s marriage to poor boy Cl?onte who desperately loves her. Therefore, the young man pretends to be the son of the Turkish sultan in order to stay close to his beloved. He creates a performance for Mr. Jourdain in cooperation with his best friend Covielle. The play finishes with Lucille’s marriage to Cl onte and Dorimene’s marriage to Doronte.
I would explore different strategies to overcome any significant obstacles to telling the story I have chosen. Among them, there are concentration and visualization that help the audience to better imagine situations and events. Moreover, I would use some Moliere’s text that fits in with my adaptation. For example, I would include the following words. A man of wisdom is above all the insults directed towards him, and the best answer to an offense is moderation and patience. In addition, I would include some lingua franca phrases used during the Turkish ceremony like Se ti sabir, ti respondir. However, I would not use such bizarre expression from the text as a plague on the little vixen. Moreover, I would not insert Mr. Jourdain’s words when I mix with the nobility I show my sound judgment and his wife’s words and this lord, what does he do for you. The thing is that such language represents specific elements of the culture of those times; therefore, it is not suitable for the modern audience.
There is a great deal of moral clarity in Moliere’s plays. For example, the play Le Misanthrope ridicules people’s hypocrisy. Like the drama Tartuffe, it also poses the following question, Is the person who denounces hypocrisy entirely sincere himself? Moliere’s play Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme mocks the nobility with their parasitism as well. The playwright shows the ignorance of rich people who think they can buy intelligence. In this play, the person tries to emulate behavior and values of the upper class without making inner changes. In one more his play, Lavare, Moliere displays how human avarice destroys the lives of people.
One of the best Moliere’s plays is Le Misanthrope as there are many moral dilemmas in it. It unmasks people’s hypocrisy and at the same time defends their right to have flaws. The author leads readers down the path where simple discretion and tolerance toward human shortcomings are highly valued. The vivid example of strong intolerance to people’s duplicity is main character Alceste. Everyone except him enjoys a life full of gossips and flattery. For instance, the man’s beloved, C?lim?ne, seems to adore the company of her suitors. However, in the letter, she later discovers her true emotions and feelings toward them. In such deceitful world, people are not ready to accept brutal honesty. Therefore, when Oronte asks Philinte’s opinion about his poem, the latter tactfully dodges the question as the poem is not that good, I’ve never come across such well-constructed verse. However, he still critiques Alceste’s behavior toward Oronte and others in order to discipline him. Unlike other Moliere’s plays, the main character of Le Misanthrope does not try to obey societal rules. On the contrary, he chooses to swerve from the beaten path of insincerity and flattery.
My presentation is about how dance became a part of theater in Moliere’s time. It shows that King Louis XIV promoted and supported dance as well as theater and encouraged the development of ballet. During his reign, ballet significantly developed. Moreover, dances were used as an essential tool of social propaganda that should be learned by nobles. The king was the first to introduce dance notation to the world, and every dance was performed to honor him. The presentation also tells about Louis’s order to perform dances on stage. As a result of the king’s promotion and permission to show plays, Moliere invented com?dies-ballets.
The presentation helps me to understand specific aspects of drama. For example, the fact that King Louis XIV issued a decree that required all noble men to know certain dance movements explains why Mr. Jourdain so ardently wants to know how to dance. A vivid example of this situation in the play is mamamouchi, a character dance, which Mr. Jourdain should learn. Mr. Jourdain also studies fencing, singing, philosophy, and pronunciation. During his reign, Louis XIV patronized not only dancing but the other arts as well. Therefore, the main character of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme tries to engage in every activity done by people of high rank. Consequently, he pays much money to his teachers and tailor only to become a part of the Royal Household. It is ironic as King Louis XIV invested money in art. Overall, the presentation helps me to better understand the plot and behavior of Mr. Jourdain and other characters
About the author: Scarlett Turner is a bachelor in Literature at California University. She is currently working as one of the best writers at the essay professor She also studies feminine psychology.
