Nov 18, 2008

The School for Wives | The School for Wives

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Author: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
First Published: 1663
Type of Work: Play
Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
Time of Work: Seventeenth century
Setting: France
Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
Subjects: Husbands, Wives, France or French people, Love or romance, Marriage, Seventeenth century, Adultery
Locales: Paris, France

Characters Discussed

Arnolphe (ahr-NOHLF), also known as M. de la Souche (deh lah sewsh), a man who is convinced that, to avoid being disgraced by an unfaithful wife, he must marry a very innocent girl who has been sheltered and kept from the world. He decides to marry Agnès, his ward. He sends her to a convent and then keeps her in seclusion in a small cottage on his estate. He plots to keep her apart from Horace, the young man she loves, but eventually is foiled in his plan.

Agnès (ahn-YEHS), Arnolphe’s ward, a young and very innocent girl who knows nothing of love...

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The School for Wives | The School for Wives

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