Review of The Misanthrope

   The Misanthrope written by playwright Moliere has been around for hundreds of years and its take on humanity still holds true from the attention seeking to the humble The Misanthrope captures them all in the story of Alceste, a man who believes that everyone has flaws and in turn dislikes most people because of one thing or another. Alceste who speaks his mind quite truthfully runs into trouble by both insulting Orionte's play and supposedly being the author of an illegal book written.
           The trouble, in all honesty, was what interested me the most in this play. As a criminal justice major I find that the way that trouble was handled in The Misanthrope is a bit similar to how it is handled in modern society where the person shows up to court to resolve a dispute and figure out who was actually in the wrong before things go any further. It was also similar in terms of how it is judged which is really by a jury of your peers which is how the courts in the play resolved it. I find that it was spot on right down to the corruption and favoritism.
         The reason I actually chose the picture on this review, which is a picture of The Misanthrope production done by Quintessence Theatre group, was because it had a modern day twist to it and although the play itself is not modern it is still applicable today in terms of people and their attitudes.
        Overall I feel that the thing to walk away with after reading this play script is that people have yet to change and we are still the same as back then.