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Both prose and verse translations do full justice to Moliere's wit and ingenuity, and make reading this book highly enjoyable. (TLS 01.09.10 her to produce versions that are much more successful in )
Slater completes her impressive achievement by including sparkling versions of the two polemical plays in prose. (TLS )
Slater completes her impressive achievement by including sparkling versions of the two polemical plays in prose. (TLS )
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Both prose and verse translations do full justice to Moliere's wit and ingenuity, and make reading this book highly enjoyable. TLS 01.09.10 her to produce versions that are much more successful in Slater completes her impressive achievement by including sparkling versions of the two polemical plays in prose. TLS
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Within moments of opening up this book I found myself utterly disgusted at what is being marketed as an updated version of the English translation of Moliere's 'The Misanthrope', a play that is, in my opinion one of the most clever, witty, well written comedys of it's era. The opening line, 'Oh, what's the matter? Whats wrong now?' sets the tone for this crude, basic translation which robs Moliere's play of all the beauty and delicacy he wrote it with and instead offers us tacky, shallow dialogue which would barely be worthy of a nursery rhym. Let me assure you that anyone with any respect for the works of Moliere, or even simply for posterity and traditon will be horrified at this so called 'new translation' and I urge you not to waste your hard earned money.
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I would recommend this edition to newcomers and fans of Moliere. Simply a must for anyone studying Moliere. The translation does the superb and extremely difficult task of making the text instantly accessible to new readers, but is still enjoyable for more seasoned readers of Moliere. The natural flow and lyricism of the original is maintained in the translation. This is something that can sadly and too often be 'lost in translation'; gladly not so here.
This edition is fantastic value, especially considering the standard of the translation and the quality of the book itself. A fantastic edition that I would highly recommend to anyone.
This edition is fantastic value, especially considering the standard of the translation and the quality of the book itself. A fantastic edition that I would highly recommend to anyone.
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tartuffe
8 April 2011
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Tartuffe is a famous play written by Moliere in the 17th century, under the reign of Luis XIV. It is about the guy, Tartuffe, who is seemingly a very humble man devoted to the church, but in fact has completely different plans and ideas. He meets Orgon, a rich noble man, at a church, and impresses him so much, that Orgon promises him his daughter's hand as well as the whole household. The rest of the Orgon's family realizes very fast that Tartuffe is a hypocrite, but they cannot oppose Orgon because in that period of time no one was going against the "King" of a family. The only person, who is openly opposing Orgon and trying to convince him that he is wrong about Tartuffe, is Dorine the maid, who brings the fresh air of the working class people of pre-revolutionary France in this noble family with a strict order. Eventually, Orgon finds out that he has been "dragged by the nose" after he witnesses how Tartuffe tried to seduce his wife.
After I read this play I realized why the name Tartuffe became a synonym for hypocrisy. There have always been people who passionately preach something that they don't strongly believe in. The play vividly describes those types of individuals, and shows a paradigm for that kind of behavior.
After I read this play I realized why the name Tartuffe became a synonym for hypocrisy. There have always been people who passionately preach something that they don't strongly believe in. The play vividly describes those types of individuals, and shows a paradigm for that kind of behavior.
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2 May 2011
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"Tartuffe" is a play written by Moliere in 17th Century France. It begins with the family of Orgon, a rich nobleman, who is being deceived by Tartuffe, a fake "Man of God". Tartuffe himself is not actually introduced until in middle of the play, which I think, gives an affect of making the audience wait in anticipation for the main character. Orgon is completely fooled by Tartuffe's ways and will not believe any ill words about him. So much so, that Orgon plans on giving his daughters hand in marriage to Tartuffe, while Tartuffe makes advances on Orgons wife, and Orgon will not believe it. The rest of the family sees right through this bogus Tartuffe, but for most of the play Orgon will not accept it. Finally, Orgons wife is able to set up a trap in which Tartuffe was caught in the act. Tartuffe already had the rights to all of Orgons property signed over to him, through his deceit, but when Tartuffe went to the king, the king saw right through him, and the play ends happily.
The play does end happily, while showing the king in a good light, which was the proper thing to do during that time period. However, because of it's criticism to the Catholic church, the play was actually banned on more than one occasion. The devout people of the Catholic church felt that Tartuffe was showing them in a bad light, because that is what Tartuffe was posing as.
The play does end happily, while showing the king in a good light, which was the proper thing to do during that time period. However, because of it's criticism to the Catholic church, the play was actually banned on more than one occasion. The devout people of the Catholic church felt that Tartuffe was showing them in a bad light, because that is what Tartuffe was posing as.
Funny !
27 April 2011
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Tartuffe is a very funny play. Through Tartuffe, Molière exposes and criticizes different aspects of French society around the 17th century. He criticizes the hypocrisy through the main character Tartuffe who uses religious values to get into a family and take advantage of them. He depicts forced marriage through Orgon's daugther Marianne, and the importance of father son relationship through Damis.
I think Dorine and Cléante are memorable characters in the play. Cléante was the perfect man for the "honest man" because he had less emotional connections and less interest in what was going on in the house. He talked out of reason and calmness. Dorine was the voice that said what people really thought. The play ended in by a suspicious intervention by the King. I think maybe Molière may have used the same strategy that Tartuffe used, boosting the King's ego to get him to appreciate his work.
I think Dorine and Cléante are memorable characters in the play. Cléante was the perfect man for the "honest man" because he had less emotional connections and less interest in what was going on in the house. He talked out of reason and calmness. Dorine was the voice that said what people really thought. The play ended in by a suspicious intervention by the King. I think maybe Molière may have used the same strategy that Tartuffe used, boosting the King's ego to get him to appreciate his work.
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