The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman

In "The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman," Molière crafts a brilliant comedy that satirizes social pretensions and the absurdities of class ambition. The play unfolds the story of Monsieur Jourdain, a bourgeois shopkeeper who aspires to ascend the social ladder by adopting the manners of the nobility. Molière employs sharp wit and intricate dialogue, interspersed with farcical elements, to expose the f...