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A 5 page essay that discusses the positions taken by the seventeenth century French playwright Moliere concerning feminism in two of his plays, School for Wives and Learned Ladies. The writer argues that Moliere favored a middle path between extreme feminism and a strictly conservative upbringing, which makes him a feminist by seventeenth century standards. No additional sources cited.
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properly! In two plays, School for Wives (1662) and The Learned Ladies (1672) Moliere made his opinions concerning seventeenth century feminism, education for women and the proper
role of women in life very clear. These two plays demonstrate that Moliere favored a middle path that advocated greater freedom for women then they had enjoyed thus far in
French history, but he also condemned an early feminist attitude that he saw as encouraging women to abandon their natural obligations to the home. This attitude is particularly evident
in The Learned Ladies. Through the character of Henriette, Moliere makes it clear that he feels that daughters should have the right to assert themselves regarding who they marry. He
is clearly on the side of Henriette and Clitandre and feels that the custom of parents deciding categorically who their children should marry to be unjust and unnatural. However,
Moliere is ruthless in his portrayal of the women in the play who adopt intellectual pretensions. The play begins with a heated argument between Armande and Henriette, sisters and daughters
to Chrysale and his wife Philaminte. In this scene, Moliere presents both sides of the issue of womens proper role in society. Henriette simply wants love and happiness with a
husband, home and family of her own. Armande ridicules these common aspirations and indicates that she wishes to become a learned lady like their mother. Armande considers philosophy and
the pleasures of the mind intrinsically nobler then the sensual joys of the body. Henriette grants her this position and does not dogmatically insist that Armande agree with her, but
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