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I don't know if this distinction is too subtle, but is labeling Argan a hypochondriac the most accurate label possible? After all, being a hypochondriac implies that Argan cannot control it--and there's quite a bit of evidence in the play to suggest that he does, in some way, control or purposely fake his illness in order to get care, love, attention, or whatever floats your boat. Like I said--might be too subtle. But still. 76.104.152.128 ( talk) 02:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Rather than making the pedestrian yet ambiguous literal translation of the title to 'The Imaginary Invalid', would it not be more accurately rendered as 'The Hypochondriac'? I was always led to understand that this is what the expression 'le malade imaginaire' means in French. And, after all, Argan is neither imaginary not an invalid, but a severe hypochondriac. This is certainly the wording that Roger McGough has adopted in his recent adaptation. Furry Canary ( talk) 06:39, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Can you check this line from Act 2? It's not so clear who Thomas is here:
When Mr. Diaforious and Thomas enter, Mr. Diaforious tells Thomas to begin. Thomas asks if he should start with the father and, once his father tells him to, he greets Argan with a florid prepared speech. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.212.93.7 ( talk) 08:50, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
All of Charpentier's music for Malade imaginaire, including the original music of 1673 and the revisions of 1674 and 1685-86, is available on my website "Music and Theater in 17th-Century France" < http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~john-powell/theater/> 98.178.161.155 ( talk)John Powell — Preceding undated comment added 03:05, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
THEMES IN THE IMAGINARY INVALID — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.160.161.230 ( talk) 12:16, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
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I don't know if this distinction is too subtle, but is labeling Argan a hypochondriac the most accurate label possible? After all, being a hypochondriac implies that Argan cannot control it--and there's quite a bit of evidence in the play to suggest that he does, in some way, control or purposely fake his illness in order to get care, love, attention, or whatever floats your boat. Like I said--might be too subtle. But still. 76.104.152.128 ( talk) 02:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Rather than making the pedestrian yet ambiguous literal translation of the title to 'The Imaginary Invalid', would it not be more accurately rendered as 'The Hypochondriac'? I was always led to understand that this is what the expression 'le malade imaginaire' means in French. And, after all, Argan is neither imaginary not an invalid, but a severe hypochondriac. This is certainly the wording that Roger McGough has adopted in his recent adaptation. Furry Canary ( talk) 06:39, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Can you check this line from Act 2? It's not so clear who Thomas is here:
When Mr. Diaforious and Thomas enter, Mr. Diaforious tells Thomas to begin. Thomas asks if he should start with the father and, once his father tells him to, he greets Argan with a florid prepared speech. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.212.93.7 ( talk) 08:50, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
All of Charpentier's music for Malade imaginaire, including the original music of 1673 and the revisions of 1674 and 1685-86, is available on my website "Music and Theater in 17th-Century France" < http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~john-powell/theater/> 98.178.161.155 ( talk)John Powell — Preceding undated comment added 03:05, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
THEMES IN THE IMAGINARY INVALID — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.160.161.230 ( talk) 12:16, 20 March 2017 (UTC)