The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman
The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman: A Summary Molière`s classic comedy, The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman ( Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), satirizes the social climbing
The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman: A Summary
Molière`s classic comedy, The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman ( Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), satirizes the social climbing and pretensions of Monsieur Jourdain, a wealthy bourgeois merchant obsessed with acquiring the manners and status of the aristocracy. Through humorous scenarios, Jourdain attempts to learn fencing, philosophy, music, and dance, all to impress the nobility and win the affections of a marquise. Molière`s play explores themes of class, social mobility, and the clash between genuine and artificial refinement, providing social commentary on 17th-century French society.
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