In the opening scene of this play, one character suggests that another should be hanged for his outward shows of affection for a person whose name he cannot remember. The protagonist of this play is romantically pursued by ArsinoÃ© and Eliante, before the latter learns his true nature, and is being 
In the opening scene of this play, one character suggests that another should be hanged for his outward shows of affection for a person whose name he cannot remember. The protagonist of this play is romantically pursued by ArsinoÃ© and Eliante, before the latter learns his true nature, and is being sued by a nobleman whose sonnet he insulted, named Oronte. The main female character falls from grace when her gossipy letters about the other characters are read aloud. Nonetheless, that character, Celimene, refuses to retire to the country and forswear mankind with the protagonist. For 10 points, Alceste is the curmudgeonly protagonist of what play by Moliere?
In the opening scene of this play, one character suggests that another should be hanged for his outward shows of affection for a person whose name he cannot remember.
Le Misanthrope