In another play by this author, a maid voices her opinion of a forced marriage but stops talking every time her master is about to slap her.
One of this author's characters curses "novels, verses, songs," and "sonnets" as "pernicious amusements of idle minds" at the end of the play in which he appears. That character, Gorgibus, vows to marry off his daughter and niece or send the two to a nunnery. In another play by this author, a maid voices her opinion of a forced marriage but stops talking every time her master is about to slap her. In that play, two lovers repeatedly walk away from each other as Dorine tries to mend their relationship, which was ruined by Mariane's arranged marriage. One of this man's title characters has his licentiousness revealed to Orgon as Orgon hides under a table. For 10 points, name this playwright who satirized French society in his comedies of manners The Affected Young Ladies and Tartuffe.
One of this author's characters curses "novels, verses, songs," and "sonnets" as "pernicious amusements of idle minds" at the end of the play in which he appears.
Moliere [or Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]