In the second act of this play one character mocks Damon as a "wondrous talker [who] has the power /
In the second act of this play one character mocks Damon as a "wondrous talker [who] has the power / To tell you nothing hour after hour" in a series of insulting speeches degrading all of Acaste's acquaintances. After announcing the appearance of an ominous man in a black suit who left a warrant for one character's arrest, the messenger Du Bois realizes he lost the warrant. [?] Another character in this play recites a mediocre sonnet beginning, "Hope comforts us awhile, t'is true / Lulling our cares with careless laughter" before starting a libel case against the main character for criticizing the poem. In the final act of this play Arsinoe and Clitandre stand with a group of men who read aloud the love letters Celimene sent each of them, while Philinte becomes engaged to Eliante. For 10 points, name this Moliere comedy whose title character is the malcontent Alceste.
In the second act of this play one character mocks Damon as a "wondrous talker [who] has the power /
Le {Misanthrope} (accept {l'Atrabilaire Amoureu})