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The play satirizes the affectations and pretensions of the French bourgeoisie, particularly targeting the fashionable women of Paris who embrace a false sense of refinement and superiority. The story revolves around two young women, Madelon and Cathos, who are enamored with the idea of high society and are obsessed with the notions of love, manners, and language dictated by the fashionable "precieuses."The plot follows these two women as they are courted by two men, who, seeing through their pretensions, disguise themselves as intellectuals in order to win their affections. The women, eager to appear sophisticated and cultured, become enamored with these supposed refined suitors, only to eventually discover that they have been duped by the men, who are actually much simpler characters. The play showcases the humor that arises from the women’s misguided pursuit of social status and their over-the-top expressions of taste and refinement.