Harpagon

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Harpagon is the miserly, obsessive hoarder of wealth who serves as the comic yet tyrannical central figure in Molière’s play "L’Avare" ("The Miser").

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Harpagon canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
theatrical character
appearsIn L’Avare
The Miser
linked to: L’Avare
associatedWorkLanguage French
characterTrait authoritarian
controlling
greedy
hypocritical
miserly
obsessive
suspicious
tyrannical
conflictWith Cléante
Frosine
Valère
Élise
creator Molière
dramaticFunction comic villain
object of satire
familyRelation father of Cléante
father of Élise
genreContext comedy
inspired later miser characters in literature and theatre
literaryArchetype miser archetype
literaryPeriod 17th-century French literature
notableFor extreme avarice
obsessive hoarding of money
paranoia about his cash-box
notableScene panic over the loss of his cash-box
occupation moneylender
personalityFlaw distrust of others
lack of empathy
love of money over family
roleInWork central figure
comic figure
protagonist
romanticInterestIn Mariane
symbolizes avarice
greed
the vice of miserliness
themeInvolvement family conflict
generational conflict
hypocrisy of bourgeois values
money and morality

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L’Avare mainCharacter Harpagon
L’Avare protagonist Harpagon
L’Avare character Harpagon
Élise familyName Harpagon
Élise father Harpagon
Valère employedBy Harpagon
Valère contrastsWith Harpagon
Maître Jacques employer Harpagon
Anselme contrastsWith Harpagon