Madame Jourdain's tone in this passage is mocking. She is ridiculing her husband, Monsieur Jourdain, for his attempts to elevate himself socially and sarcastically questioning his ambitions to become a gentleman.
The Would-Be
Gentleman
by Olfson, Lewy
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!
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What is Madame Jourdain's tone in this passage?
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• desperate
• mocking
• fatigued
• somber
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