The driving force of the plot is the image of the father of the family - Harpagon, for whom increasing in wealth is the meaning of life. He even considers his children, namely, the daughter Elise and the son Cleante, as a kind of investment. The daughter has to marry a rich old man, and the son has to marry a rich widow. As it should be in the comedy, children have their affections, and...
The driving force of the plot is the image of the father of the family - Harpagon, for whom increasing in wealth is the meaning of life. He even considers his children, namely, the daughter Elise and the son Cleante, as a kind of investment. The daughter has to marry a rich old man, and the son has to marry a rich widow. As it should be in the comedy, children have their affections, and the intrigues get even worse, when Harpagon falls in love and he doesn't know that the girl is his son's beloved... A wise adventurer and connoisseur of love games La Fleche and the matchmaker Frozin get down to it.
