Arnolphe
E499650
Arnolphe is the domineering, jealous older man in Molière’s comedy *L’École des femmes*, who tries to mold his young ward into an obedient wife only to be undone by love and his own schemes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arnolphe canonical | 6 |
| Arnolphe about the dangers of excessive jealousy | 1 |
| Arnolphe about trying to control a wife’s freedom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5169035 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arnolphe Context triple: [L’École des femmes, character, Arnolphe]
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A.
Donatien
Donatien is the given name of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, a prominent French general who played a key role in the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Étienne
Étienne is the given first name of the French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé.
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C.
Firmin
Firmin is a French given name notably borne by Firmin Didot, a renowned printer, typefounder, and member of the influential Didot family in the history of typography.
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D.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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E.
Théophile
Théophile is the given name of Belgian Neo-Impressionist painter Théo van Rysselberghe, a key figure in the development of Pointillism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arnolphe Target entity description: Arnolphe is the domineering, jealous older man in Molière’s comedy *L’École des femmes*, who tries to mold his young ward into an obedient wife only to be undone by love and his own schemes.
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A.
Donatien
Donatien is the given name of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, a prominent French general who played a key role in the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
Étienne
Étienne is the given first name of the French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé.
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C.
Firmin
Firmin is a French given name notably borne by Firmin Didot, a renowned printer, typefounder, and member of the influential Didot family in the history of typography.
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D.
Augustus Melmotte
Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
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E.
Théophile
Théophile is the given name of Belgian Neo-Impressionist painter Théo van Rysselberghe, a key figure in the development of Pointillism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| antagonisticTo | Horace ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
L’École des femmes
ⓘ
The School for Wives ⓘ
linked to:
L’École des femmes
|
| appearsInForm | five-act verse play ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | comedy ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
education of women
ⓘ
male jealousy ⓘ patriarchal control ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
controlling
ⓘ
hypocritical ⓘ insecure ⓘ jealous ⓘ manipulative ⓘ |
| characterType | domineering older man ⓘ |
| creator | Molière ⓘ |
| discussesMarriageWith | Chrysalde ⓘ |
| dramaticArc |
fails to prevent Agnès from loving Horace
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undone by his own schemes ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
embodies misogynistic attitudes of his time
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source of comic irony ⓘ |
| dramaticOutcome | does not marry Agnès ⓘ |
| fears |
being cuckolded
ⓘ
female independence ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Paris ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1662 ⓘ |
| friendOf | Chrysalde ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal |
to make Agnès his obedient wife
ⓘ
to prevent Agnès from being unfaithful ⓘ |
| guardianOf | Agnès ⓘ |
| inLoveWith | Agnès ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Monsieur de la Souche ⓘ |
| notableScene |
lectures Agnès on how a wife must behave
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overhears Horace boasting about his love for Agnès ⓘ |
| occupation | bourgeois gentleman ⓘ |
| rivalInLoveWith | Horace ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of L’École des femmes ⓘ |
| socialStatus | wealthy bourgeois ⓘ |
| strategy |
isolates Agnès from the world
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keeps Agnès ignorant to control her ⓘ tries to educate Agnès in extreme modesty and obedience ⓘ |
| usesAlias | Monsieur de la Souche ⓘ |
| ward | Agnès ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arnolphe Description of subject: Arnolphe is the domineering, jealous older man in Molière’s comedy *L’École des femmes*, who tries to mold his young ward into an obedient wife only to be undone by love and his own schemes.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.