Sganarelle Or The Self-Deceived Husband

Sganarelle Or The Self-Deceived Husband is a play written by Jean Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Moliere. The play is a comedy and was first performed in 1660. The story follows the character of Sganarelle, a middle-aged man who has recently married a much younger woman named Martine. Sganarelle is deeply in love with his new wife and believes that she is equally devoted to him. However, Martine has other plans and is secretly in love with another man.As the play progresses, Sganarelle becomes increasingly paranoid and jealous, convinced that Martine is cheating on him. He enlists the help of a quack doctor who convinces him that the only way to cure his jealousy is to beat his wife. Martine, meanwhile, is trying to find a way to be with her true love and enlists the help of a clever servant named Gros-Rene. Together, they hatch a plan to trick Sganarelle into believing that he has been turned into a donkey.The play is a satire on the theme of jealousy and the absurdity of some of the remedies that were used to cure it in the 17th century. Moliere uses humor and wit to poke fun at the characters and their actions, while also highlighting the dangers of jealousy and the consequences of acting on it. Sganarelle Or The Self-Deceived Husband is a timeless classic that continues to be performed and enjoyed by audiences around the world.SGAN. (Without seeing Celia). ""O too happy mortal in having so beautiful a wife!"" Say rather, unhappy mortal in having such a disgraceful spouse through whose guilty passion, it is now but too clear, I have been cuckolded without any feeling of compassion. Yet I allow him to go away after such a discovery, and stand with my arms folded like a regular silly-billy! I ought at least to have knocked his hat off, thrown stones at him, or mud on his cloak; to satisfy my wrath I should rouse the whole neighbourhood, and cry, ""Stop, thief of my honour!""This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.