Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 76 Molière 1622 1673 Moliere Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Poquelin de Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, Jean-Baptiste Le Mariage forcé Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Laurent Le Guillou "Le Mariage forcé" by Molière is a comedic play written in the mid-17th century during the period of French Baroque literature. This one-act comedy explores the social themes of marriage and romantic relationships, particularly focusing on the absurdities and pressures surrounding the institution of marriage in society. The storyline revolves around Sganarelle, who is indecisive about marrying Dorimène, a young woman promised to him. Initially excited about the marriage, Sganarelle soon becomes apprehensive, especially after overhearing Dorimène's casual attitude toward their union. She reveals that her primary motivation is not love but the desire to escape her father's strictness. Throughout the play, Sganarelle consults various characters, including philosophers and fortune tellers, only to be confronted with the absurdity of his situation. Ultimately, after being pressured by Alcidas, Dorimène's brother, to either fight him or marry Dorimène, Sganarelle reluctantly agrees to go through with the wedding, highlighting the play's satirical take on the expectations and realities of marriage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Comedies French drama -- 17th century PQ Text FR Théâtre Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 98643 98579 2024-10-03T04:16:30.789675 2023-10-03T04:44:59.616458 text/html text/html 98636 98572 2024-10-03T04:16:31.022638 2023-10-03T04:44:59.760538 text/html text/html 90122 2024-10-03T04:16:35.808636 application/epub+zip 90268 2024-10-03T04:16:32.750646 application/epub+zip 90267 2024-10-03T04:16:31.632641 application/epub+zip 179322 2024-10-03T04:16:37.839635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168581 2024-10-03T04:16:35.135660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146448 2022-09-03T06:15:50.934827 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 70439 70426 2024-10-03T04:16:30.367677 2023-10-03T04:44:59.427492 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 69389 2013-04-17T21:46:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 24127 2013-04-17T21:56:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19725 2024-10-03T04:16:37.962607 application/rdf+xml 10683 2024-10-03T04:16:32.164670 image/jpeg 2925 2024-10-03T04:16:31.896640 image/jpeg 88339 2024-10-03T04:16:31.029656 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia