![]() French scholar Paul Bénichou has labelled this flaw a vanité inquiète, vanity combined with insecurity. In Molière’s theatre, jealousy affects most barbons, because its stems from the same flaw in character that blinds Orgon and allows Tartuffe to dispossess Orgon’s family. Molière response was in the form of a short play entitled: La Critique de l’École des femmes. It is une grande comédie and it created a controversy. Molière’s troupe was at the time la Troupe de Monsieur, frère unique du Roi, the company of the Duke of Orleans, the only brother of Louis XIV. It was first performed on 26 December 1662 at the Palais-Royal. ![]() In this regard, Molière’s École des femmes is our most celebrated example. In Molière’s comedies, the one fault that dooms a marriage or a possible marriage is jealousy. L’École des femmes, François Boucher (dessin) & Laurent Cars (gravure) Jealousy ![]()
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