Summary of the tradesman in. "The tradesman in the nobility

A well-respected and well-to-do bourgeois by the name of Jourdain gravitates towards high society, he is attracted by the aristocracy, and the man himself decides to become like the nobles in everything, to acquire the same pleasant manners and style of conversation as theirs. This inclination of his irritates all Jourdain's household and creates a lot of problems for them, but thanks to his desire to become an aristocrat, a whole company of teachers, hairdressers and tailors makes good money, promising that they will really make a true nobleman out of the bourgeois.

The dance teacher and his friend, who teaches music, having appeared in Jourdain's house, try to convince the tradesman that he needs to master these arts to perfection if he wants to feel comfortable among the aristocrats. Between these two teachers and the one who teaches Jourdain the skills of fencing, a real brawl ensues, each proving that the most important thing for a nobleman is precisely the science that he teaches. As soon as the teacher of philosophy arrives, the owner of the house asks him to separate the fighters, but the scientist suffers a complete failure, he himself gets it right.

At the end of the fight, Jourdain begins to study with the philosopher, trying to master the spelling. He reveals to the teacher the secret that he has long been indifferent to one lady who is a representative of high society, and now he needs to write her a note. The philosopher assures him that he will help the tradesman without any effort and will create any letter both in prose and in verse. It was at this moment that Jourdain learns with great surprise that throughout his life he spoke in prose.

The philosopher in the house of a wealthy tradesman is replaced by a tailor who brings him a new suit, perfectly suited for an aristocrat, as the master and his assistants try to convince the gullible bourgeois. Jourdain wants to take a walk around the city in a new attire, but his wife is categorically against this idea. According to her, all the neighbors laugh at the tradesman even without this, the woman does not understand why he should learn fencing if he is not going to take anyone's life, and why does a person, most of whose life has already passed, dance and musical art.

The tradesman tries to impress his wife and maid Nicole with his learning, but only makes them laugh. Ms. Jourdain believes that her husband is led astray by the aristocrats with whom he began to communicate recently. The dandies who are at the royal court only use the tradesman, wanting to get as much as possible from him. more money on their own expenses, and a naive man considers them real friends, treating him as an equal.

Jourdain is visited by one of these alleged friends, Count Dorant. He reminds the bourgeois that he owes him a certain amount, but asks to borrow a little more, promising to return everything at once. At the same time, the count promises to help the tradesman in his affairs of the heart, to force the attention of the Marquise Dorimena, whom Jourdain is in love with, to pay attention to him.

The bourgeois sends his wife to visit her sister, wanting to organize a dinner for Dorimena with a performance that she must certainly like and arouse sympathy for Jourdain. The woman does not know anything about her husband's plans, she is intensely thinking about the future fate of Lucille, her daughter. The girl is not indifferent to a certain Cleont, Madame Jourdain is also quite satisfied with this young man in the role of son-in-law. However, the bourgeois himself is determined to marry his daughter at least to the marquis, if not to the duke. Cleont, a man of non-noble origin, is in his eyes an absolutely unsuitable husband for Lucile. After the abrupt refusal of his beloved father, the young man is already ready to retreat, but Coviel, who served in the Jourdain house, persuades him not to give up, deciding to play a clever joke with the owner, obsessed with aristocracy.

Count Dorant and the Marchioness Dorimena arrive for dinner. In fact, Dorant himself has been courting this lady, who is a widow, for a long time, but they cannot meet at the home of any of them, which would negatively affect the woman's reputation. The count ascribes to himself Jourdain's expenses for gifts for Dorimena, and by this he manages to actually win the heart of the marquise.

Well-born guests hide smiles when the owner of the house tries to bow to them and greet them in the way that is customary in high society, Jourdain does it all extremely clumsily and absurdly. But suddenly the tradesman's wife appears, who immediately makes a scandal, accusing her husband of deliberately escorting her out of the house in order to waste family money with other people's women. The indignant marquise immediately leaves the tradesman's house, Dorant follows her.

This is where new visitors come in. Coviel, a servant of Jourdain, disguised and made up, appears to the tradesman as an old comrade of his late father. He informs the owner of the house that the son of the Turkish Sultan is now in Paris, madly in love with Lucille. He wants to take Jourdain's daughter as his wife, and to give the tradesman himself the noble and proud title of mamamushi or paladin. The bourgeois enthusiastically agrees to such a proposal.

Cleont acts as the son of the Sultan, who is also disguised and absolutely not like himself. He speaks in a kind of gibberish, which Coviel supposedly translates into ordinary French. Count Dorant, who was initiated into Covel's cunning plan, returns with Dorimena, the aristocrats congratulate Jourdain on his new title, trying to be as serious as possible. The tradesman himself is eager to immediately give his daughter for the son of the Sultan. As for Lucille, the girl at first flatly refuses this marriage, but then she recognizes her lover and immediately ceases to resist.

Madame Jourdain is also unambiguously opposed to her husband's venture, but Coviel whispers to her that in reality everyone is just deceiving her husband. After that, the woman immediately changes her position.

The tradesman blesses the marriage of the daughter and son of the Turkish Sultan, then one of the servants is sent for a notary. The count and marquise also intend to resort to the help of this official, and while waiting, everyone is happy to contemplate the ballet, which the dance teacher came up with for the guests.

It would seem, what else does the venerable bourgeois Mr. Jourdain need? Money, family, health - everything you can wish for, he has. But no, Jourdain took it into his head to become an aristocrat, to become like noble gentlemen. His mania caused a lot of inconvenience and unrest to the household, but it played into the hands of a host of tailors, hairdressers and teachers, who promised through their art to make Jourdain a brilliant noble gentleman. And now two teachers - dances and music - together with their students were waiting for the appearance of the owner of the house. Jourdain invited them so that they would decorate a dinner that he arranged in honor of a certain titled person with a cheerful and elegant performance.

Appearing before the musician and dancer, Jourdain first of all invited them to evaluate his exotic dressing gown - such, according to his tailor, is worn by all the nobility in the mornings - and the new liveries of his lackeys. From the assessment of Jourdain's taste, apparently, the size of the future fee of connoisseurs directly depended, therefore, the reviews were enthusiastic.

The bathrobe, however, caused some hitch, since Jourdain could not decide for a long time how it would be more convenient for him to listen to music - in it or without it. After listening to the serenade, he considered it insipid and, in turn, sang a lively street song, for which he again received praise and an invitation, among other sciences, to also study music and dance. To accept this invitation, Jourdain was convinced by the assurances of teachers that every noble gentleman would certainly learn both music and dance.

A pastoral dialogue was prepared by the music teacher for the upcoming reception. Jourdain, in general, liked it: since you can’t do without these eternal shepherdesses and shepherdesses, all right, let them sing to themselves. The ballet presented by the dance teacher and his students was to Jourdain's liking.

Inspired by the success of the employer, the teachers decided to strike while the iron is hot: the musician advised Jourdain to arrange weekly home concerts, as is done, according to him, in all aristocratic houses; the dance teacher immediately began to teach him the most exquisite of dances - the minuet.

Exercises in graceful body movements were interrupted by a fencing teacher, a teacher of the science of sciences - the ability to strike, but not to receive them himself. The dance teacher and fellow musician unanimously disagreed with the swordsman's claim that the ability to fight must take precedence over their time-honored arts. The people got carried away, word for word - and a couple of minutes later a brawl ensued between the three teachers.

When the teacher of philosophy came, Jourdain was delighted - who better than a philosopher to admonish the fighters. He willingly took up the cause of reconciliation: he mentioned Seneca, warned his opponents against anger that degraded human dignity, advised him to take up philosophy, this first of the sciences ... Here he went too far. He was beaten along with the others.

The shabby but unmutilated philosophy teacher was finally able to start the lesson. Since Jourdain refused to deal with both logic - the words there are already painfully tricky - and ethics - why does he need to moderate his passions, if nothing will stop him, if it goes wrong - the learned man began to initiate him into the secrets of spelling.

Practicing the pronunciation of vowels, Jourdain rejoiced like a child, but when the first enthusiasm was over, he revealed a big secret to the teacher of philosophy: he, Jourdain, is in love with some high society lady, and he needs to write this lady a note. For the philosopher, it was a couple of trifles - in prose, in verse. However, Jourdain asked him to do without these very prose and verses. Did the venerable bourgeois know that here one of the most stunning discoveries in his life awaited him - it turns out that when he shouted to the maid: “Nicole, give me shoes and a nightcap”, just think, the purest prose came from his mouth!

However, in the field of literature, Jourdain was still not a bastard - no matter how hard the teacher of philosophy tried, he could not improve the text composed by Jourdain: “Beautiful marquise! Your beautiful eyes promise me death from love.

The philosopher had to leave when Jourdain was informed about the tailor. He brought a new suit, sewn, of course, according to the latest court fashion. The apprentices of the tailor, dancing, made a new one and, without interrupting the dance, dressed Jourdain in it. At the same time, his wallet suffered greatly: the apprentices did not skimp on the flattering "your grace", "your excellency" and even "lordship", and the extremely touched Jourdain - on tips.

In a new suit, Jourdain set out to walk the streets of Paris, but his wife resolutely opposed this intention of his - half the city laughs at Jourdain without that. In general, in her opinion, it was time for him to change his mind and leave his silly quirks: why, one wonders, should Jourdain fencing if he does not intend to kill anyone? Why learn to dance when your legs are about to fail anyway?

Objecting to the woman’s senseless arguments, Jourdain tried to impress her and the maid with the fruits of his learning, but without much success: Nicole calmly uttered the sound “y”, not even suspecting that she was stretching her lips and bringing her lips closer together. upper jaw with the lower, and with a rapier, she easily inflicted several injections on Jourdain, which he did not reflect, since the unenlightened maid stabbed against the rules.

Madame Jourdain blamed all the foolish things that her husband indulged in the noble gentlemen who had recently begun to make friends with him. For court dandies, Jourdain was an ordinary cash cow, but he, in turn, was confident that friendship with them gives him significant - how are they there - pre-ro-ga-tiva.

One of these high society friends of Jourdain was Count Dorant. As soon as he entered the drawing room, this aristocrat paid a few exquisite compliments to the new suit, and then briefly mentioned that he had spoken about Jourdain that morning in the royal bedchamber. Having prepared the ground in this way, the count reminded him that he owed his friend fifteen thousand eight hundred livres, so that it was a direct reason for him to lend him another two thousand two hundred - for good measure. In gratitude for this and subsequent loans, Dorant took on the role of an intermediary in cordial affairs between Jourdain and the object of his worship, the Marquise Dorimena, for whose sake a dinner with a performance was started.

Madame Jourdain, so as not to interfere, was sent that day to dinner with her sister. She did not know anything about her husband’s plan, but she herself was preoccupied with the arrangement of her daughter’s fate: Lucille seemed to reciprocate the tender feelings of a young man named Cleont, who, as a son-in-law, was very suitable for Madame Jourdain. At her request, Nicole, who was interested in marrying the young mistress, since she herself was going to marry Cleont's servant, Covel, brought the young man. Madame Jourdain immediately sent him to her husband to ask for the hand of her daughter.

However, Lucille Cleont did not answer the first and, in fact, the only requirement of Jourdain to the applicant for the hand - he was not a nobleman, while his father wanted to make his daughter, at worst, a marquise, or even a duchess. Having received a decisive refusal, Cleont became discouraged, but Coviel believed that all was not lost. The faithful servant decided to play one joke with Jourdain, since he had actor friends, and the appropriate costumes were at hand.

Meanwhile, the arrival of Count Dorant and Marquise Dorimena was reported. The count brought the lady to dinner not at all out of a desire to please the owner of the house: he himself had been courting the widow marquise for a long time, but did not have the opportunity to see her either at her place or at his place - this could compromise Dorimena. In addition, he deftly attributed all Jourdain's crazy spending on gifts and various entertainments for her to himself, which in the end won the woman's heart.

Having greatly amused the noble guests with a pretentious clumsy bow and the same welcoming speech, Jourdain invited them to a luxurious table.

The marquise was not without pleasure consuming exquisite dishes to the accompaniment of exotic compliments of an eccentric bourgeois, when all the splendor was suddenly broken by the appearance of an angry Madame Jourdain. Now she understood why they wanted to take her away to dinner with her sister - so that her husband could safely spend money with strangers. Jourdain and Dorant began to assure her that the count was giving a dinner in honor of the Marquise, and he paid for everything, but their assurances did not in the least moderate the ardor of the offended wife. After her husband, Madame Jourdain took on a guest who should have been ashamed to bring discord into an honest family. Embarrassed and offended, the marquise got up from the table and left the hosts; Dorant followed her.

Only noble gentlemen left, as a new visitor was reported. It turned out to be Coviel in disguise, who introduced himself as a friend of M. Jourdain's father. The late father of the owner of the house was, according to him, not a merchant, as everyone around him said, but a real nobleman. Covel's calculation was justified: after such a statement, he could tell anything, without fear that Jourdain would doubt the veracity of his speeches.

Coviel told Jourdain that his good friend, the son of the Turkish Sultan, had arrived in Paris, madly in love with his, Jourdain, daughter. The son of the Sultan wants to ask for the hand of Lucille, and in order for his father-in-law to be worthy of a new relative, he decided to initiate him into mammamushi, in our opinion - paladins. Jourdain was delighted.

The son of the Turkish sultan was represented by Cleont in disguise. He spoke in terrible gibberish, which Coviel supposedly translated into French. With the main Turk, the appointed muftis and dervishes arrived, who had a lot of fun during the initiation ceremony: it came out very colorful, with Turkish music, songs and dances, as well as with the ritual beating of the initiate with sticks.

Dorant, initiated into Coviel's plan, finally succeeded in persuading Dorimena to return, seducing her with the opportunity to enjoy a funny spectacle, and then also an excellent ballet. The count and the marquise, with the most serious look, congratulated Jourdain on conferring a high title on him, and he was also eager to hand over his daughter to the son of the Turkish sultan as soon as possible. At first, Lucille did not want to marry the Turkish jester, but as soon as she recognized him as a disguised Cleon, she immediately agreed, pretending that she was dutifully fulfilling her daughter's duty. Madame Jourdain, in turn, sternly declared that the Turkish scarecrow would not see her daughter as her own ears. But as soon as Covel whispered a few words in her ear, mother changed her anger to mercy.

Jourdain solemnly joined the hands of a young man and a girl, giving a parental blessing on their marriage, and then sent for a notary. Another couple, Dorant and Dorimena, also decided to use the services of the same notary. While waiting for the representative of the law, everyone present had a nice time enjoying the ballet choreographed by the dance teacher.

Summary of Molière's comedy "The tradesman in the nobility"

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For some time now, a rather successful bourgeois, M. Jourdain, has decided to become an aristocrat. For this, teachers, hairdressers and tailors were hired. The man thought that they would help him raise his social status. Jourdain's household did not support the aspirations of the head of the family.

The teachers vied with each other to advise the future aristocrat of their understanding of the beautiful, and of what, in their opinion, every self-respecting connoisseur of art should know. The dispute gradually turned into a fight. Horrible and teacher of philosophy, who tried to reconcile everyone.

M. Jourdain had a secret desire - to win the favor of a noble lady. That is why he tried his best to give himself an external gloss. Literature lessons were also successful. Now a man could beautifully state his feelings in a love note.

Jourdain's wife did not want to appear with her husband in in public places, so he was mocked because of his quirks. Only teachers and tailors were in a winning position - the owner paid them extremely generously. And from the future aristocrat, his newly-made friends pulled money.

And now one came to visit Jourdain. It was Count Dorant. In addition to laudatory odes to the owner, the count promised to help arrange a meeting with the very lady with whom Jourdain was in love. To this end, a dinner was planned, where the Marquise Dormain and Jourdain would be introduced to each other.

Madame Jourdain was to go to her sister's for the time being. She had other concerns. A worthy young man named Cleont asked for the hand of their daughter Lucille. The girl agreed, but for the father the guy was not noble enough. Cleont's servant offered to achieve the blessing in another way.

In the midst of dinner, during which Jourdain tried to show off his sophistication in front of the beautiful marquise, his wife appears. She is outraged by her husband's behavior and is not shy about words. The marquise leaves the inhospitable house with the count.

Soon a new guest arrived. He said that the son of the Turkish sultan had visited Paris and was captivated by the beauty of Jourdain's daughter. And of course, he asks for her hand. The newly minted aristocrat was numb with happiness. He, of course, blessed the young in the presence of a notary. All this action was accompanied by oriental music and dances. And the Turks in disguise were Cleon and his servant.

Summary of "The tradesman in the nobility" Option 2

1. About the work
2. main characters
3. Other characters
4. Summary
5. Conclusion

About the work

Molière's comedy "The Philistine in the Nobility" was written in 1670. The work was created within the literary direction of realism. In the comedy "The Philistine in the Nobility", the author ridicules the typical bourgeois - the ignorant Mr. Jourdain, who tried to join the "upper class", but he only succeeded in clumsily imitating the life of the nobility.

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main characters

Mister Jourdain- a tradesman who wanted to be a nobleman. Those around him laughed at him, but played along with him for their own benefit.

Mrs. Jourdain- Mr. Jourdain's wife; did not share his desire to become a nobleman.

Cleont - young man, in love with Lucille.

Coviel- Cleont's servant.

Dorant- Count, an acquaintance of Jourdain, who constantly borrowed money from the tradesman. In love with Dorimena.

Other characters

Lucille- the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jourdain, in love with Cleont.

Nicole Lucille's maid.

Dorimena- marquise; Jourdain tried to win her favor through Dorant.

Teachers of dance, music, fencing, philosophy who were hired by Jourdain.

Act one

Phenomenon 1

Paris. Mister Jourdain's house. The music teacher and dance teacher prepare for the evening's performance and discuss that although Jourdain is not at all versed in the arts, "money straightens out the crookedness of his judgments, his common sense is in his wallet."

Phenomenon 2

Jourdain boasts to the teachers of his new robe, they flatter him in everything.

The sound of the violin seems mournful to the tradesman. Teachers note that Jourdain should study the arts, since "all the strife, all the wars on earth", "all the misfortunes with which history is full" come from ignorance of music and inability to dance.

Action two

Phenomenon 1

Jourdain orders that the ballet be ready by the evening, as the person for whom he arranges all this will arrive. The music teacher, anticipating good pay, advises the tradesman to give concerts on Wednesdays and Thursdays, as all noblemen do.

Phenomena 2-3

A visiting fencing teacher teaches a tradesman, explaining that “the whole secret of fencing is to<…>inflict blows on the enemy "and" do not receive such blows yourself. The fencing teacher expresses the idea that dance and music are useless sciences.
There is an argument between the teachers.

Apparitions 4-5

Jourdain asks the visiting teacher of philosophy to reconcile the quarreling. Referring to Seneca's treatise on anger, the philosopher tries to calm them down, but he himself gets involved in an argument that develops into a fight.

Phenomenon 6

Philosophy lesson. The teacher offers to teach Jourdain the wisdom of philosophy: logic, ethics and physics, but they do not arouse interest in the tradesman. Jourdain asks to teach him how to spell. The teacher tells him that there are vowels and consonants.

Jourdain asks the philosopher to help him write a love note, but in the end they settle on the original version of the tradesman: “Beautiful marquise, your beautiful eyes promise me death from love.” Suddenly, the tradesman learns that he has been expressing himself in prose all his life.

Apparitions 7-8

The tailor brings Jourdain a new suit. The tradesman notices that the suit is made of the same fabric as the clothes on the tailor, and the pattern (flowers) is upside down. The tailor reassures him with what is so fashionable in high society.

Apparitions 9-10

Dancing around Jourdain, the apprentices put on a new costume for him. They call the tradesman "Your Grace", "Your Excellency", "Your Grace", for which they receive a generous payment.

Act Three

Phenomena 1-3

Seeing Jourdain's new outfit, Nicole can't help but laugh. Madame Jourdain is outraged by the appearance of her husband, who "dressed up as a jester", and everyone is laughing at him anyway. Jourdain decides to show off his knowledge to his wife and Nicole, but does not surprise women in any way. Moreover, fencing with a man, the maid easily stabs him several times.

Apparitions 4-5

Dorant praises Jourdain's new costume and mentions that he spoke about him "in the royal bedchamber", which amuses the vanity of the tradesman.

Dorant asks "another two hundred pistoles" from Jourdain to round off the amount of his considerable debt. The indignant Madame Jourdain calls her husband "cash cow", and Dorant "rogue".

Phenomena 6

Dorant reports that he persuaded the Marquis to come today to the tradesman, giving her a diamond - a gift from Jourdain.
Nicole accidentally hears part of the men's conversation and finds out that the tradesman sends his wife to visit his sister in the evening so that nothing "constrains" them.

Apparitions 7-11

Madame Jourdain is sure that her husband is "hitting on someone". A woman wants to marry her daughter to Cleont, who is in love with her. Nicole is delighted with her decision as a mistress, as she likes Cleont's servant.

Madame Jourdain advises Cleont to ask Monsieur Jourdain for the hand of her daughter today.

Event 12

Cleont asks M. Jourdain for Lucile's hand in marriage. The tradesman is only interested in whether the future son-in-law is a nobleman. Cleont, not wanting to deceive, admits that he is not. Jourdain refuses, because he wants his daughter to be a marchioness.

Apparitions 13-14

Coviel calms the upset Cleont - the servant figured out how to "circle our dupe around the finger."

Apparitions 15-18

Dorimena did not want to meet Dorant at her place or at his house, so she agreed to dine at Jourdain's. The count gave all the gifts of the tradesman to the Marquise on his own behalf.

Apparitions 19-20

Meeting the marquise, Jourdain bows absurdly, which amuses the woman very much. Dorant warns the tradesman not to mention the diamond donated by Dorimen, as it is impolite in secular society.

act four

Phenomenon 1

Dorimena is surprised that a "luxurious feast" was arranged for her. Jourdain, drawing attention to the diamond on the Marquise's hand, calls it "a trifle", believing that the woman knows that this is a gift from him.

Phenomena 2-4

Madame Jourdain suddenly appears. The woman is indignant that, having sent his wife out, her husband arranges a "feast" for another lady. Dorant tries to justify himself by explaining that he arranged the dinner. Madame Jourdain does not believe it. The frustrated Marchioness leaves, followed by Dorant.

Apparitions 5-8

In disguise, Coviel poses as an old friend of Father Jourdain. Koviel says that the tradesman's father was not a merchant, but a nobleman. However, the main purpose of his visit is the message that the son of the Turkish Sultan has long been in love with Jourdain's daughter and wants to marry her. Soon Cleont, disguised as a Turk, joins them and, through an interpreter, Covel, announces his intentions.

Coviel asks Dorant to play along with them.

Apparitions 9-13

Turkish ceremony. Mufti with retinue, dervishes and Turks sing and dance, conducting the initiation of Jourdain, dressed in Turkish clothes, into a Turk. Mufti puts the Koran on the back of the tradesman, calls Mohammed.

Act Five

Phenomenon 1

Jourdain explains to his wife that now he has become a mother. The woman decides that her husband has gone mad.

Phenomena 2-3

Dorant persuades Dorimene to stay to support Cleont's idea with a masquerade and watch a ballet arranged for her.

Apparitions 4-7

Lucille at first refuses to marry, but, recognizing Cleont in the Turk, she agrees.

Madame Jourdain was also against the marriage, but when Koviel quietly explained to her that what was happening was only a masquerade, she ordered to send for a notary.

Dorant announces that he and the Marchioness have also decided to get married. Jourdain thinks that the count said this as a distraction. The joyful tradesman gives Nicole to the "interpreter" Covel, and his "wife - to anyone." Koviel is surprised that “you won’t find another such madcap in the whole world!” .

"Comedy ends with ballet".

Conclusion

Moliere's comedy "The Philistine in the Nobility" is one of the most famous dramatic works. The play was staged by more than twenty leading theaters, it was filmed four times. Attracting by the brightness of the described characters and subtle humor, the brilliant work remains interesting for modern readers.

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Summary of the 1st act

Music and dance teachers are waiting for Mr. Jourdain. He called them both to decorate a dinner in honor of an important person. Jourdain decided to become like the masters. The teachers like both the pay and the owner's treatment, but they feel that he lacks taste. For some time now, he has been trying to do everything in the same way as noble gentlemen. The household is also experiencing a lot of inconvenience because of his desire to certainly become a nobleman. He orders a dressing gown for himself, and liveries for the servants, so that it would be like in noble houses. Jourdain also decided to study dance and music.

Summary of the 2nd act

Teachers quarrel: everyone wants to prove that only with his help Jourdain will reach the goal. A shabby philosophy teacher starts the lesson. They decide to put logic and ethics aside and move on to spelling. Jourdain asks to write a love note to a lady. At the age of forty, he is surprised to learn that there are poems, but there is also prose. The tailor brings the master a new suit. He sewed, of course, latest fashion. Jourdain notices that the tailor's clothes are made from his own fabric. But the apprentices “spread out” in front of him so much that the master was generous even with a tip.

Brief summary of the 3rd act

The new outfit causes laughter from the maid Nicole. But Jourdain is still eager to walk around the city in it. The wife is not happy with the whims of her husband. She considers spending on teachers unnecessary, she does not see the use of his friendship with the nobles, since they perceive him only as a cash cow. But Jourdain does not listen to her. Moreover, he is secretly in love with the Marquise Dorimena, with whom Count Dorant brought him together. And a diamond, and ballet, and fireworks, and dinner - all this for her. When Madame Jourdain goes to visit her sister, he plans to host the Marquise. Nicole overheard something and passed it on to the lady. She did not notice anything, since her head was occupied by her daughter Lucille. The girl sends Nicole to Cleont to say that she agrees to marry him. The maid does not hesitate, as she herself is in love with his servant and even hopes that their wedding will take place on the same day. Jourdain does not give consent to the marriage of his daughter, since Cleont is not a nobleman. The wife, admonishing her husband, says that it is better to choose a rich and honest son-in-law than a poor nobleman, who will later reproach Lucille with the fact that she is not of a noble family. But to convince Jourdain is almost impossible. Then Coviel offers to play a joke on him.

Brief summary of the 4th act

Dorimena and Dorant come to Jourdain. The count himself was in love with the marquise and attributed all the gifts and luxurious receptions to himself. Therefore, he teaches a “friend” that it is indecent in society to even hint to a lady about his presents and feelings. Madame Jourdain suddenly returns. Now she understands where her husband's money went. She reproaches Dorant for following Jourdain's lead. The Count says that it was he who spent everything. Offended, Dorimena leaves. The couple continues to fight. At that moment, Coviel arrives, a servant of Cleont in disguise. He introduces himself as an old friend of Jourdain's father and reports that he was a nobleman. Of course, the tradesman fell for this hook. He is delighted with the fact that he is a hereditary nobleman, and hurries to announce this news to everyone. In addition, it turned out that the son-in-law of Jourdain wants to become the son of the Turkish Sultan himself. Only for this newly-minted nobleman needs to be promoted to "mamamushi". Jourdain is not worried about the upcoming ceremony, but the stubbornness of his daughter. Actors disguised as Turks appear, and Cleont himself. They speak some kind of gibberish language, but this does not bother the tradesman at all. Dorant, at the request of Covel, participates in the draw.

Summary of Act 5

Dorant invites Dorimena to Jourdain's house to see a funny spectacle. The Marquise decides to marry the Count in order to stop his extravagance. Cleont arrives disguised as a Turk. Lucille recognizes him as her lover and agrees to the marriage. Only Madame Jourdain resists. Everyone gives her signs, but she stubbornly ignores them. Then Coviel takes her aside and says bluntly that everything is set up. They sent for a notary. Jourdain gives Covel (the interpreter) the maid Nicole as his wife. The marquise and count intend to use the services of the same notary. While waiting for him, everyone watches the ballet.

theme, idea, main idea

"The tradesman in the nobility" analysis

"The tradesman in the nobility" - comedy-ballet in five acts by Molière and Jean-Baptiste Lully, written in 1670.

Literary direction— classicism

Genre- social comedy, with elements of love and socio-psychological comedy

Topic- the desire of the wealthy bourgeois Jourdain to get into high society

"The tradesman in the nobility" problems

• a person's place in society; the factors by which this place is determined;
• dominating moral ideals in the state;
• problems of education, upbringing, art, love, human dignity, etc.

the main idea- exposure of social and human vices

main characters— Mr. Jourdain, Mrs. Jourdain, Lucille, Cleont, Dorant, Dorimena, Kovel, Nicole

Artistic features of "The tradesman in the nobility"

The comedy was written within the framework of classicism, it retains the trinity that is obligatory for a classical play:

• unity of place (M. Jourdain's house),
• time (the action is 24 hours)
• action (the whole play is built around one main idea).

In each of the main characters, one leading feature in satirical exaggeration is emphasized.

"The tradesman in the nobility" plot

The action takes place in the house of Mr. Jourdain, a tradesman. Count Dorant, who borrowed money from Jourdain, was in love with an aristocrat, the Marquise Dorimena. Jourdain, in an effort to appear taller and win the favor of the count, tries to imitate the nobility in everything. Madame Jourdain and her maid Nicole make fun of him. Wishing to become a nobleman, Jourdain refuses Cleont the hand of his daughter Lucille. Then the servant of Cleont, Coviel, comes up with a trick: under the guise of a Turkish dervish, he initiates Mr. Jourdain into an imaginary Turkish noble dignity. mamamushi and arranges for Lucille to marry Turkish Sultan's son, who is actually Cleon in disguise as a Turk.