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Don Juan, also known as "The Feast with the Statue," is a play written by French playwright Molière in 1665. It tells the story of Don Juan, a young man who is infamous for his womanizing and lack of morality.
The play begins with Don Juan's father, the Commandant, who is concerned about his son's reputation and urges him to change his ways. However, Don Juan ignores his father's advice and continues to pursue women with no regard for the consequences.
One of Don Juan's targets is Elvira, a woman who is already engaged to another man. Despite her protests and the warnings of her maid, Don Juan seduces Elvira and persuades her to run away with him.
As the play progresses, Don Juan's antics become increasingly outrageous. He flirts with a married woman and even tries to seduce the statue of the Commandant's deceased wife. Eventually, his actions catch up to him and he is challenged to a duel by the husband of the married woman he tried to seduce.
In the end, Don Juan is killed in the duel and is confronted by the statue of the Commandant's deceased wife, who reveals that she is actually the personification of Death. Don Juan realizes too late the error of his ways and is dragged off to Hell.
Molière's play serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of excess and the importance of morality. It is a timeless tale that continues to be relevant and resonant to audiences today.
Don Juan Themes
Religion versus Irreligion Religion also plays a critical theme in Don Juan, and a large part of the play involves various conversations where religion and irreligion are played out against one another. Lorenzo Da Ponti, Mozart´s librettist for Don Giovanni 1787 provides a much tighter and more satisfactory ending. He had never met Don Juan so when a young man rescues him from some brigands that outnumbered him and set upon him, Don Carlos is very grateful. But he stops her first, so they can discuss how she doesn't return the love he has for her. Don Juan would not have been such a forgivable person by the reader if it were not for his constant companion. Critics called is offensive to their religion and accused the king of glorifying a libertine.
Don Juan by Lord Byron: Summary and Critical Analysis
The ghost in the meantime turned into an image of Time with a scythe in his hand, which immediately disappeared. Jean-Baptiste Poqelin Moliere Biography Born in 1622 in Paris, France to a wealthy bourgeois family, Moliere went on to become a favorite of the court of Louis XIV. The protagonist of the comedy has also some kind of noble honor: he rushes to help Dom Carlos beyond a shadow of doubt and fear, when he sees a gentleman being attacked by three robbers. Control in the relationship of Don Juan and Sgnarelle is expressed through words, and of course Don Juan is the master seducer through his language and not his actions. He finished the performance but collapsed again and died a few hours later.
“Dom Juan or The Feast with the Statue”, analysis of a comedy by Molière
Don Carlos did not know this offender in person, but hastened to help his brother Don Alonso perfectly knew Don Juan. Moliere attended school at the Jesuit College de Clermont where he got his first taste of the stage. The acts and scenes are not set up as with many other plays; the scenes are all very short. I can't tell you how many men I know who, by means of a feigned devotion, have glossed over the sins of their youth, wrapped themselves in the cloak of religion, and in that holy disguise are now free to be the worst of scoundrels! Retrieved 1 November 2009. Sganarelle's main concern is his back wages. Repeatedly slapping his savior is definitely the height of his rudeness throughout most of the play.
Don Juan wants to concentrate on his next conquest. Don Carlos dismissed him, but left the right to challenge him at any time to put the final clarity on this issue. Pierrot says he shouldn't shove people like that, but before he can retaliate Charlotte stops him. The precarious lifestyle led by Don Juan often puts him in situations in which he must assert his dominance towards someone in order to achieve his seemingly enamored ploys or to defend his incredulous convictions. Genre: comedy Time: 17th century Place: Sicily palace, the seashore, forest near the sea, Don Juan residence, near the city gates in the country Main Theme: adultery of Don Juan, and his false conversion into religious man Moral: criticism of religion through acts of immoral man Book Summary Act One Scene One The first scene opens in a palace or large public building. Montrant leurs seins pendants et leur robes ouvertes, Des femmes se tordaient sous le noir firmament, Et, comme un grand troupeau de victi Brilliant, just brilliant! Unfortunately, the coughing fit was real, and Moliere was dying. His troupe was a success and awarded the title of Troupe de Monsieur.
He does not believe in God or religious teachings on moral obligations and will mock those who do such as in his encounter with the beggar, where he tries to bribe the beggar into swearing. In the play, he takes a woman out of a convent. After the play was finished, he collapsed and was taken to his home. They suppress in all possible ways the natural impulses of the 'natural' child or man. He tells the men that he spends his days praying for everyone who helps him. When Don Juan threatens to call for a whip and beat Sganarelle if he doesn't stop moralizing, Sganarelle begins to compliment him.
Although Madeleine's brother and sister helped them with their performances, the theater went bankrupt in 1645. Molière's friendship with Le Mariage forcé and La Princesse d'Élide subtitled as Comédie galante mêlée de musique et d'entrées de ballet , written for royal " divertissements" at the Molière was always careful not to attack the institution of monarchy. Then Don Juan realizes they are lost and tells Sganarelle to ask a poor man they see for directions. The dialogue between Don Juan and Sganarelle is often a clever battle due to their opposed moral standings. Scene Two La Violette, another servant, announces the arrival of Monsieur Dimanche, Don Juan's tailor. Similar to many of his plays Moliere himself was acting, in this case as Sganarelle. In June 1643, when Molière was 21, he decided to abandon his social class and pursue a career on the stage.
Molière´s Dom Juan ou le festin de Pierre 1665 follows Tirso de Molina´s broad outlines, reducing the number of depicted seductions, perhaps adding a little to the character´s recklessness and certainly to his cynicism and hypocrisy, while playing up the comic and clownish character of the servant Sganarelle who is left alone on stage after Don Juan disappears into hell crying out for his lost wages. Later he tries to give Don Juan the chance to honor his wedding vows or duel him. I guess there's a reason some writers go down in history and I think Moliere deserves his place if only for his courage and insolence and honest questioning of the system he depended on. The first ensues when Pierrot is yelling at Don Juan for coming onto his future wife, Charlotte. Molière's works were translated into English prose by Tartuffe into English verse was In his memoir A Terrible Liar, actor The Miser, and that Olivier then responded "Molière? He then asked Fiorillo to teach him the techniques of Commedia dell'arte.
Dom Juan by Molière (Book Analysis) » childhealthpolicy.vumc.org
He is best known for his comedies, such as The Miser, The Imaginary Invalid and The Misanthrope, which used humour to criticise the vices of the society of his time. Moliere "Don Juan": a summary of the chapters In the first part it is told that Don Juan was already bored by his wife Dona Elvira, now he is again in search of another beauty who can captivate his heart. Ballet and Modern Dance - Second Edition. Don Juan is exploiting the morality of Heaven, even mocking them, as if he is laughing at all that is good and moral, and doing so on his own terms. Sganarelle says "Not likely.
