Mariane Timeline and Summary

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Mariane Timeline and Summary

  • Mariane arrives at Harpagon's house and realizes that Harpagon (her prospective fiancé) is the father of the man she really loves, Cléante.
  • Mariane agrees with Cléante and Frosine to hatch a plan that will get Harpagon to reject her.
  • After the plan is made, Mariane leaves to spend the afternoon with Élise.
  • When Mariane returns to the house, she hears the servant Valère tell a story about how he was separated from his family in a shipwreck when he was young. She recognizes the story (because it happened to her, too) and shouts out that she must be Valère's sister.
  • On top of all that, it turns out that the kind old Anselme is actually their long lost father.
  • Anselme vows to spend as much money as it takes to make sure that Mariane gets to marry Cléante. They leave the stage feeling good about the upcoming wedding.