Molière, n.Definitions

Molière (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠comedy of characters deadly serious about their aims, who cannot join in the laughter but, duped, become the butt of others' often malicious laughter — so Tartuffe is not funny at all.

Molière (n.) made ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠sense when class costumes seemed fixed; in our transitional society he would seem, though a genius, a pedant — moral fancy-dress is not absolute.