The Criticism of the school of the women

the Criticism of the school of the women is a Comédie in an act and prose of Molière, created with the Théâtre of the Palais Royal the Friday the 1st er June 1663.

Summary

Two women, Uranie and Élise, receive in their living room of knowledge and the friends, and all discuss of the part the School of the women whom they have just seen. Each one has a distinct opinion: the ones liked, the others hated.

In the camp of “against”, there are Lysidas, author jealous of the success of the part, the Marquis, stupid and pretentious character and Climène, which posts an easily ruffled decency and a devotion.

Opposite opinion, one finds Gilding, friend of Molière, man posed and judicious, Uranie, the housewife, and Elects, woman of spirit, which pretends to support the opposing party, underlining by its indéfectible approval the weakness or the ineptitude of the arguments of those.

Each one remains on its positions, and announces it been useful supper is used as outcome. They go all with pleasure, each one there being persuaded to have carried the discussion and to be itself shown there with its advantage.

Some counterparts

the Marquis: “ One should only see the continual bursts of laughter that the floor makes this part. I do not want an other thing to testify that it is not worth anything ” (scene V).

Gilding: “ There is much of it that too much spirit spoils, which would be well annoyed to be of the opinion of the others, to have glory to decide ” (scene V).

Lysidas (the jealous author): “ These kinds of comedies are not properly comedies. However everyone gives in it today; one does not run any more that with that, and one sees an appalling loneliness with the great works, when stupidities have any Paris. I acknowledge you that the heart me bleeds about it sometimes, and that is ashamed for France ” (scene VI).

Gilding: “ If the parts which are according to the rules do not like and that those which like are not according to the rules, it would be necessary of need that the rules had been badly made ” (scene VI).

Famous quotations

Ah my faith, yes tart with the cream! here what I had noticed sometimes; tart with the cream! … Tart with the cream , morbleu! tart with the cream! (the Marquis, scene VI)
It is a strange company which that to make laugh decent people. (Gilding, scene VI)
I would like to know well if the great rule of all the rules is not to like, and if a play which caught its goal did not follow a good way. (Gilding, scene VI)

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