Don Juan by Molière. Short summary

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Don Juan confesses his infidelity to his servant. His conversation is heard by his wife, who accuses him of adultery. But Don Giovanni does not care about her words, he is only interested in a new love affair.

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Don Giovanni tells the servant Sganarel of his fickleness. Every beauty has the right to enchant him, and his heart belongs to them all in turn, without exception. Love for one cannot make him be unjust to the others.

Suddenly Don Giovanni’s wife, Elvira, appears and accuses her husband of treason and betrayal. He remains indifferent to her remarks. Elvira responds by imposing the punishment of Heaven on him, but Don Giovanni is interested only in another love affair.

Pierrot saves two people from drowning and tells his bride Charlotte about it. One of them happens to be Don Giovanni. He proposes to the first pretty peasant woman he meets to be his wife. Later he wishes to be alone with Charlotte, but he meets Maturina.

The tramp warns Don Giovanni that twelve horsemen are after him. The hero is forced to flee. He disguises himself as a peasant. Together with Sganarel they pass through the woods. Here the heroes spot brigands who have attacked the nobleman and rush to help him.