{"id":24,"date":"2020-05-12T17:03:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T21:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/tartuffe\/?post_type=chapter&p=24"},"modified":"2020-05-12T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T00:29:13","slug":"scene-ii","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/chapter\/scene-ii\/","title":{"raw":"Scene II","rendered":"Scene II"},"content":{"raw":"

CLEANTE, DORINE<\/span><\/p>\r\nCLEANTE<\/span>\r\nI won't escort her down,<\/span>\r\nFor fear she might fall foul of me again;<\/span>\r\nThe good old lady . . .<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE<\/span>\r\nBless us! What a pity<\/span>\r\nShe shouldn't hear the way you speak of her!<\/span>\r\nShe'd surely tell you you're too \"good\" by half,<\/span>\r\nAnd that she's not so \"old\" as all that, neither!<\/span>\r\n\r\nCLEANTE<\/span>\r\nHow she got angry with us all for nothing!<\/span>\r\nAnd how she seems possessed with her Tartuffe!<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE<\/span>\r\nHer case is nothing, though, beside her son's!<\/span>\r\nTo see him, you would say he's ten times worse!<\/span>\r\nHis conduct in our late unpleasantness[footnote]Referring to the rebellion called La Fronde, during the minority of Louis XIV.[\/footnote]<\/span><\/sup>\r\nHad won him much esteem, and proved his courage<\/span>\r\nIn service of his king; but now he's like<\/span>\r\nA man besotted, since he's been so taken<\/span>\r\nWith this Tartuffe. He calls him brother, loves him<\/span>\r\nA hundred times as much as mother, son,<\/span>\r\nDaughter, and wife. He tells him all his secrets<\/span>\r\nAnd lets him guide his acts, and rule his conscience.<\/span>\r\nHe fondles and embraces him; a sweetheart<\/span>\r\nCould not, I think, be loved more tenderly;<\/span>\r\nAt table he must have the seat of honour,<\/span>\r\nWhile with delight our master sees him eat<\/span>\r\nAs much as six men could; we must give up<\/span>\r\nThe choicest tidbits to him; if he belches,<\/span>\r\n('tis a servant speaking)[footnote]Moli\u00e8re's note, inserted in the text of all the old editions. It is a curious illustration of the desire for uniformity and dignity of style in dramatic verse of the seventeenth century, that Moli\u00e8re feels called on to apologize for a touch of realism like this. Indeed, these lines were even omitted when the play was given.[\/footnote]<\/span><\/sup>\r\nMaster exclaims: \"God bless you!\"\u2014Oh, he dotes<\/span>\r\nUpon him! he's his universe, his hero;<\/span>\r\nHe's lost in constant admiration, quotes him<\/span>\r\nOn all occasions, takes his trifling acts<\/span>\r\nFor wonders, and his words for oracles.<\/span>\r\nThe fellow knows his dupe, and makes the most on't,<\/span>\r\nHe fools him with a hundred masks of virtue,<\/span>\r\nGets money from him all the time by canting,<\/span>\r\nAnd takes upon himself to carp at us.<\/span>\r\nEven his silly coxcomb of a lackey<\/span>\r\nMakes it his business to instruct us too;<\/span>\r\nHe comes with rolling eyes to preach at us,<\/span>\r\nAnd throws away our ribbons, rouge, and patches.<\/span>\r\nThe wretch, the other day, tore up a kerchief<\/span>\r\nThat he had found, pressed in the \/Golden Legend\/,<\/span>\r\nCalling it a horrid crime for us to mingle<\/span>\r\nThe devil's finery with holy things.<\/span>","rendered":"

CLEANTE, DORINE<\/span><\/p>\n

CLEANTE<\/span>
\nI won’t escort her down,<\/span>
\nFor fear she might fall foul of me again;<\/span>
\nThe good old lady . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE<\/span>
\nBless us! What a pity<\/span>
\nShe shouldn’t hear the way you speak of her!<\/span>
\nShe’d surely tell you you’re too “good” by half,<\/span>
\nAnd that she’s not so “old” as all that, neither!<\/span><\/p>\n

CLEANTE<\/span>
\nHow she got angry with us all for nothing!<\/span>
\nAnd how she seems possessed with her Tartuffe!<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE<\/span>
\nHer case is nothing, though, beside her son’s!<\/span>
\nTo see him, you would say he’s ten times worse!<\/span>
\nHis conduct in our late unpleasantness[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/sup>
\nHad won him much esteem, and proved his courage<\/span>
\nIn service of his king; but now he’s like<\/span>
\nA man besotted, since he’s been so taken<\/span>
\nWith this Tartuffe. He calls him brother, loves him<\/span>
\nA hundred times as much as mother, son,<\/span>
\nDaughter, and wife. He tells him all his secrets<\/span>
\nAnd lets him guide his acts, and rule his conscience.<\/span>
\nHe fondles and embraces him; a sweetheart<\/span>
\nCould not, I think, be loved more tenderly;<\/span>
\nAt table he must have the seat of honour,<\/span>
\nWhile with delight our master sees him eat<\/span>
\nAs much as six men could; we must give up<\/span>
\nThe choicest tidbits to him; if he belches,<\/span>
\n(’tis a servant speaking)[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/sup>
\nMaster exclaims: “God bless you!”\u2014Oh, he dotes<\/span>
\nUpon him! he’s his universe, his hero;<\/span>
\nHe’s lost in constant admiration, quotes him<\/span>
\nOn all occasions, takes his trifling acts<\/span>
\nFor wonders, and his words for oracles.<\/span>
\nThe fellow knows his dupe, and makes the most on’t,<\/span>
\nHe fools him with a hundred masks of virtue,<\/span>
\nGets money from him all the time by canting,<\/span>
\nAnd takes upon himself to carp at us.<\/span>
\nEven his silly coxcomb of a lackey<\/span>
\nMakes it his business to instruct us too;<\/span>
\nHe comes with rolling eyes to preach at us,<\/span>
\nAnd throws away our ribbons, rouge, and patches.<\/span>
\nThe wretch, the other day, tore up a kerchief<\/span>
\nThat he had found, pressed in the \/Golden Legend\/,<\/span>
\nCalling it a horrid crime for us to mingle<\/span>
\nThe devil’s finery with holy things.<\/span><\/p>\n

  1. Referring to the rebellion called La Fronde, during the minority of Louis XIV. ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. Moli\u00e8re's note, inserted in the text of all the old editions. It is a curious illustration of the desire for uniformity and dignity of style in dramatic verse of the seventeenth century, that Moli\u00e8re feels called on to apologize for a touch of realism like this. Indeed, these lines were even omitted when the play was given. ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-24","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/24\/revisions\/110"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/24\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}