History Theatre / TheMisanthrope

I swear I cannot manage not to love her.

* NoodleIncident: At the start of the play, Alceste is in litigation with an unnamed character for an unknown reason. In the end, we hear that he lost the trial, but we never hear who his opponent is and the reason for the trial.

* NoEnding: The play ends with all but one plot thread unresolved. [[spoiler:Philinte and Éliante get together, but Alceste and Célimène are still at odds, Alceste's case hasn't been resolved, and Alceste is still threatening to abandon society and live in isolation.]]

* ChickMagnet: The three female characters, Célimène, Éliante and Arsinoé are attracted to Alceste, in spite of his poor social skills.

* BrutalHonesty: Alceste endorses and applies this, getting him in a lot of trouble.

* GiftedlyBad: Oronte thinks that he is a talented poet and he publishes his poems, but his poetry is really bad according to Alceste.
%%* GrandeDame: The prude Arsinoé.

%%* MoralGuardian: Arsinoé

%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Acaste and Clitandre

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Alceste, by his own choice. She offers to marry him, but by that point he's convinced that her love is less than genuine.

* NoEnding: The play ends with all but one plot thread unresolved. [[spoiler:Philant and Éliante get together, but Alceste and Célimène are still at odds, Alceste's case hasn't been resolved, and Alceste is still threatening to abandon society and live in isolation.]]

* ReallyGetsAround: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Célimène accepts the advances of several men, and writes letters to them with notes on how stupid the ''other'' suitors are. This gets rubbed in her face in her final scene when they all confront her at once.

* SuchAPhony: Célimène. She accepts the advances of several men, and writes letters to them with notes on how stupid the ''other'' suitors are. This gets rubbed in her face in her final scene when they all confront her at once.

** Alceste, the object of affection for Célimène (kind of), Éliante, and perhaps Éliante (though she denies it)

** Éliante is one for Alceste, although she is perfectly aware of this and really [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy wants him to be happy]].

%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Acaste and Clitandre?

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'''''The Misanthrope, or The Malcontent in Love''''' ('''''Le Misanthrope, ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux''''') is a 1666 comedy of manners by Creator/{{Moliere}}, written in the typical Alexandrine verse [[note]]a line of twelve syllables, with a strong caesura (or pause) in the middle, roughly equivalent to the English iambic hexameter[[/note]] of the French classical drama. Alceste, the title character, looks down on the society, believing it hypocritical and disdaining the false compliments which are considered polite. Unfortunately, the very qualities which are horrifying to him are exemplified in Célimène, the woman he loves.

!!''The Misanthrope'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* {{Foil}}

* HopelessSuitor: Célimène cultivates a herd of them. It's implied that she did like Alceste the best, but is just unwilling to give up on all the attention.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Alceste, by his own choice. She offers to marry him, but by that point he's convinced that she doesn't really love him.

* HatesEveryoneEqually: Alceste is honest with everyone equally, but given the nature of the play, it's hard to say if he's more malicious than any of the other characters, or if it just seems that way because he speaks his mind while they conceal it.

* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: Philinte and Éliante getting together at the end.

* OppositesAttract: Philinte comments on it and Alceste bemoans it, in regards to Célimène.
* SuchAPhony: Célimène. She accepts the advances of several men, and writes letters to them with notes on how stupid the ''other'' suitors are. This gets rubbed in her face in her final scene. As one translation gives it (from memory, possibly not word-for-word correct):
-->''And so, had you but spoken from the heart,\\
Rejected my advances from the start,\\
I'd have no quarrel; or, at any rate\\
I could complain of nothing but my fate.\\
But oh! So ''falsely'' to encourage me!''

* DownerEnding: Alceste and Célimène have broken it off, and Alceste is still set on becoming a hermit. It doesn't help that the play ends so abruptly (see NoEnding, below).
%%* {{Foil}}
%%** Philinte for Alceste.
%%** Éliante for Célimène.

* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Philinte for Éliante, and Éliante for Alceste. Both are equally fine being the runner up to their beloved's preferred suitor.

%%* BetaCouple: Philinte and Éliante.

%%* DidNotGetTheGirl
%%* DownerEnding

%%* HatesEveryoneEqually: Alceste

%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Acaste and Clitandre.

%%* [[spoiler:DidNotGetTheGirl]]

* BetaCouple: Philinte and Éliante.

* [[spoiler:DidNotGetTheGirl]]
* DownerEnding
* {{Foil}}
** Philinte for Alceste.
** Éliante for Célimène.
* GrandeDame: The prude Arsinoé.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: Alceste
* MoralGuardian: Arsinoé

* ThoseTwoGuys: Acaste and Clitandre.

->''« L’ami du genre humain n’est point du tout mon fait. »''
->''The human race's friend is not the sort for me."

'''''Le Misanthrope, ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux''''' (''The Misanthrope, or The Malcontent in Love'') is a 1666 comedy of manners by [[Creator/{{Moliere}} Molière]], written in the typical Alexandrine verse [[note]]a line of twelve syllables, with a strong caesura (or pause) in the middle, roughly equivalent to the English iambic hexameter[[/note]] of the French classical drama. Alceste, the title character, looks down on the society, believing it hypocritical and disdaining the false compliments which are considered polite. Unfortunately, the very qualities which are horrifying to him are exemplified in Célimène, the woman he loves.

!!Provides examples of:
* BetaCouple: Philinte and Éliante
* BrutalHonesty: Alceste endorses and applies this, getting him in a lot of trouble

* {{Foil}}: Philinte for Alceste, Éliante for Célimène
* GrandeDame: The prude Arsinoé

* SuchAPhony: Célimène
** She accepts the advances of several men, and writes letters to them with notes on how stupid the ''other'' suitors are. This gets rubbed in her face in her final scene. As one translation gives it (from memory, possibly not word-for-word correct):
--->And so, had you but spoken from the heart,
--->Rejected my advances from the start,
--->I'd have no quarrel; or, at any rate
--->I could complain of nothing but my fate.
--->But oh! So ''falsely'' to encourage me!

->''« L’ami du genre humain n’est point du tout mon fait. »''

-->-- '''Alceste''', ''Le Misanthrope''

'''''Le Misanthrope, ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux''''' (''The Misanthrope, or The Malcontent in Love'') is a 1666 comedy of manners by [[{{Moliere}} Molière]], written in the typical Alexandrine verse [[hottip:*:a line of twelve syllables, with a strong caesura (or pause) in the middle, roughly equivalent to the English iambic hexameter]] of the French classical drama. Alceste, the title character, looks down on the society, believing it hypocritical and disdaining the false compliments which are considered polite. Unfortunately, the very qualities which are horrifying to him are exemplified in Célimène, the woman he loves.