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The Miser, a comedy by Jean-Baptiste Molière, centers on Harpagon, a penny-pinching old man in Paris who seeks to increase his wealth by arranging advantageous marriages for himself and his two grown children, Elise and Cleante, causing intergenerational conflict and romantic entanglements as each struggles to marry their chosen partners amidst misunderstandings and schemes. One character mimics the action of hanging themselves.