Personifica a luta desapiedada entre o classicismo e o barroco. The don juan theme in moliere and kierkegaard ronald grimsley the intention of this article is not to carry out a comprehensive survey of the don juan legend or even to make an exhaustive study of its appearance in the work of moliere and kierkegaard, but rather to compare certain aspects of the subject as it is treated by. I undertook this translation in collaboration with chicagobased director zeljko djukic. Pdf download e avarul tartuffe don juan by moliere posted by. He enjoys and makes deliberate use of the force of identification. It was given an inhouse reading by tuta theatre, but has not been produced. Putnams sons, 1908, also by curtis hidden page page images at hathitrust. One of molieres bestknown plays, don juan was written while tartuffe was still banned on the stages of paris, and shared much with the outlawed play. A seducer of women of whom he soon tires, a neglecter of debts, and a dishonorer of friends, don juan is called on to repent. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. None of the numerous studies devoted to the don juan tradition mention a. Translation of don juan by moliere daniel smith academia. The myth of don juan onstage up to and through victorian times. The cheats of scapin may 24th, 1 67 1, there was again a return to the more. Unfortunately, elise is already in love with harpagons servant, and his son is in love with the penniless mariane, whom harpagon has. His fathers name was jose don, of course,a true hidalgo, free from every stain of moor or hebrew blood, he traced his source through the most gothic gentlemen of spain. The main character of the play is don juan, a man from an aristocratic family, who does not believe in god, and who is a womanizer. In molinas play juan repeatedly says he will do penance later. He has found an old man who will not demand a dowry for his daughter, elise and a rich widow for his son cleante.
Byron himself had made a grand tour in the near east after he received his degree from cambridge. Toutes ces pieces ont en commun des don juan aux connotations serieuses et viles. Moliere s don juan exploded into the age of reason long before its time a savage, witty prophet, reckless and apologetic, and right. Don juan, sganarelle don juan what man was talking to you. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. Don juan don juan hwahn, a philanderer and scoundrel. The affected misses, don juan, tartuffe, the misanthrope, the doctor by complusion, the miser, the trademan turned gentlemen, the learned ladies.
Dom juan simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Don juan is a famous play written by moliere in 17th century. Follow the story of harpagon, who thinks that his children are costing him too much, and must be married off to alleviate his burden. The director is bartlett sher, whose exhilaratingly inventive revival made one of shakespeares creakier plays, cymbeline, soar. And i avow to you that another object has chased elvira from my thoughts. More on genius dom juan les personnages track info. The don juan mentality resides in many heads, whether one is aware or not, as a driver of fantasies. The supernatural element in don juan as in hamlet and in faust, is kept sub. At the age of sixteen don juan has completed his formal education and is ready to set out on the grand tour which, in england, often followed graduation from the university.
Don juans parents lived beside the river, a noble stream, and calld the guadalquivir. Moliere creates many fascinating characters limited not only to don juan, but his servant, wife, father, and others he encounters throughout the. Charismatic, anarchic and wickedly funny, don juan trains his piercing intellect on louis xivs france and carves brilliantly into sex, politics, religion and. The don juan myth is excellent material for one who can pull the strings on the emotions of his audience like moliere. Pdf download e avarul tartuffe don juan by moliere. And dont you find that i am right to use my heart in. It was first performed on february 15, 1660, in the theatre of the palaisroyal, paris. Don juan, the seducer of seville, originated as a herovillain of spanish folk legend, is a famous lover and scoundrel who has made more than a thousand sexual conquests. With moliere don juan becomes a courtly libertine whom the wits could wink at a. The screenplay was based on the play dom juan by moliere.
After her initial fall out with don juan, isabella repents her sins, returns to living in divinity and begs don juan to repent his also subtly alludes to her impending death. My lord, why would you want me to commit such a sin. His debates with his servant sganarelle, as adapted by wadsworth, thrillingly capture both the troubled spirit of moliere s time as well as the fabulous theatricality of moliere s theater. Modern directors transform don juan in every new era, as each.
Don juan a man for the ages although molieres don juan was written in 1665, its central themes can be carried over through the ages up to today. Molieres exposition of a courtly character in don juan among the numerous and varying analyses of one of molieres most interesting charactersthat of don juanthere may be room for a treatment which attempts to emphasize both the unity of that character in the course of its exposition and development throughout. The scene is then shortened and the dialogue on religion between master and valet is no longer at all shocking. The play is about the legendary libertine, don juan. The 19th century version focuses on whether don juan is redeemible, while shaws man and superman portrays topsyturvy versions of heaven and hell.
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