Satire and Farce LRJ#2

Chue Meng Vang

Ms. Peifer

English 10 IB

March 26, 2009

The Flying Doctor LRJ


The theme in this story is disguise and deciet. "... at the present moment my cousin affects to be ill and the foolish old man, who is easily decieved, has just sent me to fetch a doctor. Could you not find one, some friend of yours, who would be on our side, and order the invalid to go in the country for a change of air?"(Moliere, 1) "Now I think of it, why don't you have one of your servant dressed up as a doctor? There is no one more easily duped than the old fellow."(Moliere, 2)

This story is a farce because the story is entertaining and is doing so with an improbale situation. Also the pace towards the climax was frantic. The play is funny beacuse of the situation that the servant is in. He is a servant trying to play as a well educated doctor. The play is hilarious because of the situation that is going on. "Is there anybody here who can write?"
"What! do you not know how to write?"(Moliere, 5)
This is probably tue since he is a servant and servants back then didn't get a actual education. Its funny because of the reaction he gets. At the end it gets fun again when the servant is almost caught but uses his intelligence to save himself. "Well did you see the both of them?"(Moliere, 11)