Tatuffe

Question 1

Moliere

Answer 1

1622-1673
Father upholsterer 
Received Jesuit edu (free thinking) 
Studied law 
Spent 13 years learning theatre 
Est theatre co in Paris (bro of Louis XIV) 
@40 married young girl(daughter) 
Tuberculosis

Question 2

Enlightenment period

Answer 2

A philosophical movement (France Europe and America) celebrated reason,scientific meth, observable experience.
17th century thinkers: Newton Descartes bacon Locke

Question 3

Satire

Answer 3

A work that blends a censorious attitude with humor and wit for improving human institutions or humanity.

Question 4

Indirect satire

Answer 4

Where satire is expressed through narrative. Characters are ridiculed by what they say and do themselves

Question 5

Dramatic irony

Answer 5

The words or acts of a character may carry a meaning unperceived by the character but understood by the audience

Question 6

Moliere memorized all the comedies of _____________.

Answer 6

Terrance

Question 7

Moliere was a __________.

Answer 7

Mime

Question 8

Moliere had a ___________ that didn’t work well in drama.

Answer 8

Studdar

Question 9

Armande bejart was

Answer 9

Molieres young wife

Question 10

He and his wife played in what play

Answer 10

Amolphe and Agnes in the school for wives

Question 11

To play in a play, he came up with a character who was a

Answer 11

Hypercondriac

Question 12

Why do actors not wear green?

Answer 12

Bc moliere died the 4th time he acted in a particular play so it’s considered unlucky

Question 13

How do scenes change?

Answer 13

When someone enters or leaves the stage

Question 14

Moliere used to write ___________ comedy.

Answer 14

Slapstick

Question 15

Common targets of molieres plays:

Answer 15

Misers
Middle class (rich ppl) 
Female would be intellectuals 
Hypochondrias
Religious hypocrites and doctors

Question 16

Themes of Tartuffe

Answer 16

Control
Religious hypocrisy
Reason vs passion

Question 17

In what act does Tartuffe show up?

Answer 17

Act 3

Question 18

King Louis XIV is known for

Answer 18

Being the sun king

Question 19

Symbols of masks:

Answer 19

Mask of deception- Tartuffe
Mask of passivity- dorine resisting
Mask of indifference- Marianne and valiere
Mask of romance- Elmires scheme to show her hubby Tartuffe

Question 20

Orgon

Answer 20

Central character father

Question 21

Elmire

Answer 21

Orgons 2nd wife

Question 22

Damis

Answer 22

Orgons son

Question 23

Mariane

Answer 23

Orgons daughter

Question 24

Madame Parnelle

Answer 24

Orgons mother

Question 25

Valere

Answer 25

Marianes suitor

Question 26

Cleante

Answer 26

Orgons bro n law

Question 27

Tartuffe

Answer 27

The religious hypocrite

Question 28

Dorine

Answer 28

Marianes maid and commentator on actions of play

Question 29

Flipote

Answer 29

Madame pernelles maid

Question 30

M. Loyal

Answer 30

An officer of the law

Question 31

Who wrote Tartuffe?

Answer 31

Jean-baptiste poquelin

Stage name: moliere