Molière: TartuffeArnold, 1960 - 63 pages |
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... homme de bien , qu'il faut que l'on écoute ' ( 42 ) . But listen to Tartuffe is precisely what none of the rest is prepared to do . To Damis , Madame Pernelle's ' homme de bien ' is a ' cagot de critique ' ( 45 ) , and to Dorine a ...
... homme de bien , qu'il faut que l'on écoute ' ( 42 ) . But listen to Tartuffe is precisely what none of the rest is prepared to do . To Damis , Madame Pernelle's ' homme de bien ' is a ' cagot de critique ' ( 45 ) , and to Dorine a ...
Page 44
... homme de bien ; Mais la vérité pure est que je ne vaux rien ( 1097–1100 ) . With masterful equivocation , Tartuffe pronounces his own con- viction in terms hilariously comprehensible to Damis and the spectator , but which convey the ...
... homme de bien ; Mais la vérité pure est que je ne vaux rien ( 1097–1100 ) . With masterful equivocation , Tartuffe pronounces his own con- viction in terms hilariously comprehensible to Damis and the spectator , but which convey the ...
Page 45
... homme de bien ' . In our experience Tartuffe's admirers are rare and rather foolish . Even this ' confession ' contains a misstatement flattering to himself . Tartuffe lies even in telling the truth . Such also is the effect of his ...
... homme de bien ' . In our experience Tartuffe's admirers are rare and rather foolish . Even this ' confession ' contains a misstatement flattering to himself . Tartuffe lies even in telling the truth . Such also is the effect of his ...
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