The protagonist of this play is summoned before a tribunal for criticizing a (*) sonnet written by his friend Oronte.
A character in this play complains about her friend's false prudery in a speech stating that she thinks "naked statues are immoral, but with a naked man she has no quarrel." In this play's last scene, a man reads a letter in which his love interest mocks him and his rival suitor as "the big bumbling viscount" and "the little marquess." The protagonist of this play is summoned before a tribunal for criticizing a (*) sonnet written by his friend Oronte. In the last scene of this play, Philinte and Eliante declare their love for each other, and the protagonist's flirtatious love interest CÃ©limÃ¨ne is unable to dissuade him from leaving society and living as a hermit. For 10 points, name this comedy titled for the society-hating Alceste, a work of MoliÃ¨re.
A character in this play complains about her friend's false prudery in a speech stating that she thinks "naked statues are immoral, but with a naked man she has no quarrel.
The Misanthrope [or the Cantankerous Lover; or Le Misanthrope; or l'Atrabilaire amoureux]