LE MYTHE D’AMPHITRYON DANS L’INTERPRETATION DE MOLIÈRE
The Myth of Amphitryon in the Interpretation of MOLIERE

Summary/Abstract: In this study, we tried to illustrate Molière’s original interpretation of the myth of Amphitryon. We took for analysis only four moments of the play: the prologue, the second scene of the first act, and two scenes, where Jupiter meets Alcmene, the wife of Amphityon. We have contrasted them with Plaute’s play, Amphitruo. Molière modernizes the subject and desecrates the myth; the characters are gallants and precious in the spirit of the XVII century. The French playwright is a great connoisseur of human soul which he describes masterly, using all the resources of the comic.

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