The School for Husbands (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
- First Published: 1661
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: Paris, France
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Marriage, Paris, Brothers, Seventeenth century, Letter writing, Duty, Wills, Dancing or dancers, Orphans or orphanages
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
Sganarelle (zgah-nah-REHL), a gentleman entrusted with the guardianship of Isabelle, who was orphaned by the death of her father. Scorning his brother Ariste’s leniency in the upbringing of Léonor, Isabelle’s sister, Sganarelle attempts to govern his ward by severity and keeps her confined at home in preparation for marriage to him. In spite of his surveillance, Isabelle manages to fall in love with Valère and to trick her guardian into arranging a marriage ceremony for her and her lover.
Ariste (ah-REEST), Sganarelle’s brother and the...
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