The Imaginary Invalid | Compare and Contrast
• 1670s: Under French law, a father has complete authority over his daughter’s marriage, and a husband has complete authority over his wife and her wealth.
Today: In France, women are financially equal under the law and no one requires his/her parents’ consent to marry, although males must be at least eighteen years old and females must be at least fifteen.
• 1670s: The Parisian theater is funded by a combination of the bourgeoisie, the nobility, and the king, but most theatergoers are bourgeois.
Today: Theaters are often...
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