Madame Jourdain’s tone in this passage is mocking. She ridicules her husband’s attempts to elevate his status and points out the absurdity of his actions.
MADAME JOURDAIN: MADAME JOURDAIN: Monsieur Jourdain, my husband, you’re a fool! Dressing up as though you’re on your way to a fancy ball! Hiring language teachers, and dancing teachers, and fencing teachers, and music teachers! The next thing I know, you’ll be paying somebody to teach you to breathe! And all because you think you can turn yourself into an aristocrat. Why don’t you face the fact that you’re a merchant, always have been a merchant, and always will be? You, a gentleman? Ha!
The Would-Be Gentleman, by Moliere, adapted by Lewy Olfson © This play is reprinted from Plays, The Drama Magazine for Young People with the permission of the publisher Plays/Sterling Partners Inc. 897 Washington Street #600160, Newton, MA 02460
Question
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What is Madame Jourdain’s tone in this passage?
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Responses
mocking
mocking
fatigued
fatigued
desperate
desperate
somber
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