is asking Eliante to sleep with him only because he was newly rejected. Eliante replies agreeingly.Alceste, having rejected Celimene, is in a state of awareness. He says to Eliante:"permit me ever to esteem you so, and if I do not request your hand . . . I sense that fate does not intend me for the married state."At first, Alceste wants to sleep with Eliante to get picked up off the rebound from being rejected by Celimene. This rejection gives Alceste emotional insecurity. Therefore, he doesn't marry Eliante either.Both Alceste and Celimene don't seem as if they are the typical male or female, but Eliante and Arsinoe express their characteristics they obtain, showing regularity. Alceste doesn't care about other peoples' feelings. He enjoys criticizing, but toward the end of the Misanthrope Eliante foils out his ability to sympathize. As for Celimene always surrounded by suitors, unusual from other women, shows how she is a typical lady, by means of gossip, instigated by Arsinoe. No matter how different people may seem, there are always characteristics shared among many people....
