At this play's conclusion a character known simply as "The Officer", a proxy for the nation's monarch, is used as a dues ex machina. In act Three, one character in this work is able to escape punishment, in spite of the informed eavesdropper Damis hiding under a table, by calling himself "a guilty man". That title character, who is arranged to be wed to Mariane, uses the trust in him placed by the head of household to tak
At this play's conclusion a character known simply as "The Officer", a proxy for the nation's monarch, is used as a dues ex machina. In act Three, one character in this work is able to escape punishment, in spite of the informed eavesdropper Damis hiding under a table, by calling himself "a guilty man". That title character, who is arranged to be wed to Mariane, uses the trust in him placed by the head of household to take a strongbox of incriminating letters and leverage it in an attempt to seize Orgon's estate. For ten points, this is what play about a pseudo-religious hypocrite, one of the best know plays of Moliere?
At this play's conclusion a character known simply as "The Officer", a proxy for the nation's monarch, is used as a dues ex machina.
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