Misanthrope Act 2

Question 1

Alceste asking C to give a show of love (II)

Answer 1

Faire expliquer votre âme

Question 2

Célimène needs to impress Acaste and Clitandre for her court case (II)

Answer 2

Il m’a promis, il peut intéresser tout ce qu’il a d’amis

Question 3

Célimène identifies Alceste’s jealousy (II)

Answer 3

De tous l’univers vous devenez jaloux

Question 4

Alceste complains that she sees too many men (II)

Answer 4

C’est que tous l’univers est bien reçu de vous

Question 5

Alceste doesn’t want to love Célimène (against his nature) (II)

Answer 5

Faut-il que je vous aime?

Question 6

Alceste swearing, crude

Answer 6

Parbleu; non, madame, non; O Ciel. (Starts 21 speeches with ‘non’. 14 with ‘parbleu’)

Question 7

C snappy to Alceste (II)

Answer 7

Taisez-vous

Question 7

C snappy to Alceste (II)

Answer 7

Taisez-vous

Question 8

Clitandre encourages Celimene in the Scène de Portraits (II)

Answer 8

Timante encor, Madame, est un bon caractère

Question 9

Celimene’s portrait of Alceste - accurate. She’s canny (II)

Answer 9

Il prend toujours en main l’opinion contraire

Question 10

C says that Alceste is a contrarian in her portrait - childish

Answer 10

L’esprit contrariant

Question 11

Alceste: Love is being truthful (II)

Answer 11

Plus on aime quelqu’un, moins il faut qu’on le flatte

Question 12

Éliante: Love is loving other’s imperfections

Answer 12

Dans l’objet aimé tout devient aimable

Question 13

Alceste won’t leave until C+A have - childish, controlling, obnoxious (II)

Answer 13

Je ne sors qu’après que vous serez sortis

Question 14

Célimène tells Alceste not to leave - constantly needs to keep her suitors in her presence (II)

Answer 14

Demeurez (x2)

Question 15

Célimène asks the Marquis whether they have another appointment when they move in the direction of the door (II)

Answer 15

Vous vous en allez, Messieurs?

Question 16

Alceste’s portrait of Clitandre is funny and sparks off her portraits later (II)

Answer 16

Sont-ce ses grands canons qui vous le font aimer?

Question 17

Example of Celimene’s portrait (II)

Answer 17

La sterilité de son expression fait mourir à tous coups la conversation