Wednesday, April 7, 2010

[The first of Moliere’s plays to bring him tremendous success was the 1662 five-act comedy The School for Wives. The play involves the comic disasters caused by Arnolphe, a man so afraid of being betrayed by a woman that he insists that his ward, Agnes, be raised as innocently as possible so he can eventually marry her. Starved for male attention after her entire childhood in a convent, Agnes immediately falls in love with Arnolphe’s friend Horace, having no idea that Arnolphe intends her for himself. The play received such positive attention that King Louis XIV granted Moliere a yearly pension for his work.]

This is another one of moliere's famous plays known as The school for wives. Even though the plotline is very close to The school for husbands, this play came first due to the fact that it was performed in front of the king. moliere then proceded to make school for husbands later in his years. This gives a decent description of what happens in this play.

Ellis, Jessica. "What are some of moliere's plays." http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-some-of-molieres-plays.htm. conjecture corporation, n.d. Web. 7 Apr 2010.

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