Harpagon

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fictional character literary character theatrical character

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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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
appearsIn L’Avare NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Miser NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWorkLanguage French ⓘ
characterTrait authoritarian ⓘ
controlling ⓘ
greedy ⓘ
hypocritical ⓘ
miserly ⓘ
obsessive ⓘ
suspicious ⓘ
tyrannical ⓘ
conflictWith Cléante NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frosine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valère NERFINISHED ⓘ
Élise NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Molière NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes avarice ⓘ
greed ⓘ
the vice of miserliness ⓘ
themeInvolvement family conflict ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
hypocrisy of bourgeois values ⓘ
money and morality ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

L’Avare → character → Harpagon ⓘ
L’Avare → mainCharacter → Harpagon ⓘ
L’Avare → protagonist → Harpagon ⓘ