How did the censored edition of Le Festin de Pierre change Molière's play?
The censored, verse edition Le Festin de pierre (1677) by Thomas Corneille changed the style of writing — and thus changed the intent of the play — by exaggerating Dom Juan's libertinism to render Molière's comedy of manners into a cautionary tale of the unhappy fate of irreligious people.
What is the first line of Don Juan and Sganarelle?
SCENE 1 Don Juan, Sganarelle DON JUAN In any case, let’s leave it; it’s a trifle, and we might have been tricked by a false light or deceived by some mist. SGANARELLE Eh! Sir, stop trying to deny what we both saw with our own eyes. Nothing could have been clearer than that sign of the head; and I don’t doubt that Heaven, scandalized by
Who is Dom Juan Tenorio?
Dom Juan or The Feast with the Statue (1665) presents the story of the last two days of life of the Sicilian courtier Dom Juan Tenorio, who is a young, libertine aristocrat known as a seducer of women and as an atheist.
What does Don Carlos say to Don Juan?
DON JUAN Stop, Sir, if you please. He is a friend of mine, and it would be a species of lowness in me to hear anyone speak badly of him. DON CARLOS For love of you, Sir, I will say nothing. It is the least I owe you, after saving my life, to keep silence in your presence about someone you know, when what I say can only be 36
Introduction à Dom Juan de Molière