Reviews for The Love-Tiff

The average rating for The Love-Tiff based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-02-04 00:00:00 Jessica Feder "Eh! laissez-moi parler un peu, je vous conjure. Un sot qui ne dit mot ne se distingue pas D'un savant qui se tait. D'où vient fort à propos cette sentence expresse D'un philosophe: Parle afin qu'on te connoisse. Doncque, si de parler le pouvoir m'est ôté, Pour moi, j'aime autant perdre aussi l'humanité, Et changer mon essence en celle d'une bête. Me voilà pour huit jours avec un mal de tête. Oh! que les grands parleurs sont par moi détestés! Mais quoi! si les savans ne sont point écoutés, Si l'on veut que toujours ils aient la bouche close, Il faut donc renverser l'ordre de chaque chose; Que les poules dans peu dévorent les renards; Que les jeunes enfans remontrent aux vieillards; Qu'à poursuivre les loups les agnelets s'ébattent; Qu'un fou fasse les lois; que les femmes combattent; Que par les criminels les juges soient jugés, Et par les écoliers les maîtres fustigés; Que le malade au sain présente le remède; Que le lièvre craintif..."

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-25 00:00:00 Ariel Bedford This is the fourth play in the Molière anthology that I am reading to help with learning French. The anthology is roughly chronological but one piece seems to be in the wrong place. Either way, this is the fullest piece by moliere that I have read thus far. The plot is complicated in the best, 17th century theater sort of way. Characters are doing things with hidden motivations for one another, there is a disguise, things escalate and grand physical conflict looms. As with the other Molière I have read, I felt that the play seemed to wrap up very quickly. It is my only real criticism. For comparison to Molière, I only really know Shakespeare as an entire body of work. I don't feel that as many Shakespeare plays wrapped up so quickly although many were often guilty of finishing with a nice neat little bow. I believe this may be characteristic of comedies, but I'm not sure. I know that Shakespeare's reputation as a playwrite may be greater than Molière's, but Molière is certainly a giant. I am obviously in a bit of awe at what I'm reading. The plays seem to have just existed always and do not seem like they were written. That someone could do what Molière does with his characters is a marvel.