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Chrysale is an easy-going bourgeois man. His daughter, Henriette, intends to marry a young man named Clitandre. Having known Clitandre’s late father, Chrysale enthusiastically supports the marriage. His domineering wife, Philaminte, and his other daughter, Armande, vehemently oppose the marriage. As women who have devoted themselves to scholarship, they believe that scholar and mediocre poet Trissotin is a perfect match for Henriette. This has put Armande, who is obedient to her mother, at odds
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ARMANDE: Yes, there was nothing keeping her mind in balance.
She made a show of her obedience.
She barely waited to get his order before her heart,
Right in front of me, leapt to him;
She seemed less to follow the will of a father
Than showing her defiance of the will of a mother.
PHILAMINTE: I’ll show her whose laws respond to the wishes
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