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Seduction, hypocrisy, and divine reckoning meet in a comedy where laughter has a sharp edge.
In Don Juan, or the Stone Feast, Molière brings seduction and hypocrisy into the world of comedy. Don Juan stands at the centre of a play whose themes invite you to look beyond charm and ask what lies beneath it.
Divine reckoning gives this comedy a darker edge. Humour and satire sit beside questions of desire and consequence, making room for laughter. The appeal lies in that tension: seduction draws you closer, while hypocrisy gives you something to question.
What you’ll discover
- Seduction under scrutiny Explore a comedy that places the appeal of seduction beside the questions it raises.
- Hypocrisy in focus Look beyond charm as Molière makes hypocrisy a central subject of satire.
- Laughter with an edge Find humour alongside themes that give the comedy a darker weight.
- The question of reckoning Consider how divine reckoning changes the tone of a comedy about seduction.
- Molière's dramatic world Enter a play where seduction, hypocrisy, and consequence share the stage.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you like sharp stage comedy, rogues who talk their way out of anything, and ghost stories with a moral edge.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A servant paints his master as a villain
- Elvira meets a husband who has found scruples
- A shipwreck brings Charlotte into his reach
- Two promises at once, and a quick escape
- A doctor's coat and a debate about belief
- A debt of honor between enemies
- A visit to the tomb ends with a nod
- Creditors, fathers, and a visitor in the night
- Words as weapons, and a world that cannot refuse
- A comedy that mixes farce, argument, and fear
Who’s who
- Don JuanA Sicilian nobleman who marries women to abandon them, mocks heaven and honor, and answers every warning with a quick joke.
- SganarelleDon Juan's servant, who sees his master's faults clearly, fears him, flatters him, and never leaves his side.
- Doña ElviraDon Juan's wife, taken from a convent, who follows him to Sicily and wants an honest answer for his sudden departure.
- Don CarlosElvira's brother, a careful man of honor who insists on repaying a debt of gratitude before seeking revenge.
- Don AlonseElvira's other brother, quick to anger, who wants to avenge the family's honor at once.
- Don LouisDon Juan's father, who grieves over his son's scandals and demands that he live up to his noble birth.
- CharlotteA village girl engaged to Pierrot, who is tempted by Don Juan's promise to make her a lady.
- The Commander's StatueA marble figure on a tomb, built for the man Don Juan killed, which answers an absurd invitation.
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Don Giovanni, o Il convitato di pietra
by Molière · 1682
A seducer invites a stone statue to dinner, and the statue accepts, in Molière's Sicily.
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In short
A servant holds a snuffbox and tells a squire that his master is the worst scoundrel the earth has ever borne. A moment later the master walks in and explains, cheerfully, why no one woman can ever hold him.
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A servant paints his master as a villain
The play opens with Sganarelle telling Gusman, the squire of Doña Elvira, what his master is. Gusman cannot believe a nobleman would betray a wife he won from a convent. Sganarelle knows better. He calls his master devilish and heretical, a man who would wed anyone, even a cat or a dog.
Then Don Juan speaks for himself. Faithfulness, he says, is fit only for fools. The pleasure of love lies in change. He compares himself to Alexander the Great, a conqueror who wishes for more worlds.
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Molière. Don Juan, or the Stone Feast. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/don-juan-or-the-stone-feast.
Molière. (2026). Don Juan, or the stone feast. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/don-juan-or-the-stone-feast (Original work published 1682)
Molière. Don Juan, or the Stone Feast. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/don-juan-or-the-stone-feast.
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What is Don Juan, or the Stone Feast about?
It follows a Sicilian nobleman who seduces and abandons women, mocks religion, and ignores every warning. His frightened servant Sganarelle watches, and a talking statue of a man Don Juan killed enters the plot.
Who is Sganarelle in Don Juan?
He is Don Juan's servant, a comic figure who describes his master as a villain, flatters him out of fear, and tries clumsy arguments about God. The playwright Molière played the part himself.
Who is the Commander in the play?
He is a nobleman Don Juan killed six months before the play opens. His tomb and marble statue stand in the countryside, and Don Juan foolishly invites the statue to dinner.
The author
Molière
1622–1673 · French playwright and actor
Molière was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright and actor born in Paris in 1622. He toured France with a theatre company before returning to Paris in 1658. He wrote comedies, including Tartuffe, The Miser, and The Imaginary Invalid. He died in Paris in 1673.
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