Essay Archive - The Misanthrope: Social Behavior
The Misanthrope: Social Behavior
Moliere created a variety of characters in his play, Misanthrope. Alceste, because of his brutal honesty evokes empathy within me. The other character of course, would be Celimene because she would be known as a player in today's society. Oronte, another character, has his feelings hurt because of Alceste's brutal honesty when he critiqued Oronte's work. Of the characters I have listed and those that are not listed you can see a specific relevance between their society and ours in regard to social behavior.
To begin, Alceste is a brutall....
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