Misanthrope Act 4 Flashcards
Alceste’s honesty is noble and heroic for Eliante. She also has feelings for him. (IV)
De noble et d’héroïque
Eliante tells Philinte that she is interested in Alceste (IV)
Mon coeur pour elle [his ‘tendresse’] s’intéresse
Philinte tells Eliante that he’s interested in her and would want her if he gets with Celimene (IV)
J’attends l’occasion de m’offrir
Alceste’s exaggeration at reading Celimene’s letter (IV)
Je suis assassiné
Alceste offers to marry Eliante as revenge for Celimene (IV)
Je peux prendre vengeance d’elle
Following Alceste’s tirade of insults Celiemene’s witty (IV)
Voilà certainement des douceurs que j’admire
The fact that Celimene kept pretending to be inerested in Alceste makes the letter to Oronte worse - if she’d just rejected him straight off it would have been better. (IV)
Mais d’un aveu trompeur voir ma flamme applaudie, c’est une trahison, c’est une perfidie
C’s honesty to Alceste (similar to him). Also turns his anger against him. (IV)
Vous êtes, sans mentir, un grand extravagant
Alceste wants to stop loving Celimene but can’t (IV)
[My heart is too cowardly to] pouvoir briser la chaîne qui l’attache
Alceste wishes Celimene was ugly and hated so he could redeem her (IV)
Afin que de mon coeur l’éclatant sacrifice vous pût d’un pareil sort réparer l’injustice
Oronte is Alceste’s enemy. (V)
Mon plus grand adversaire
Eliante tries to control Alceste’s outbursts - not a fully positive image
Vous devez modérer vos transports
Alceste calls Oronte honourable - despite his authorship etc, he is overall a pretty decent guy?
Homme de qualité, de mérite et de coeur
Alceste’s moment of pathos, Act IV, Scene 3
Rien de plus cruel peut-il être inventé?
Du Bois forgetting the envelope (IV)
Je l’ai, Monsieur, laissé sur votre table
