Description acceptable. In a play, a man endears himself to this character by saying that while his birth father gave him his “corporal” aspect, what he holds from this character, his so-called “second father,” is “of the will.” As this character lists off the foods in his diet, a woman in the disguise of a ninety-year-old man keeps shouting “Ignoramus!” At the end of a play, a chorus chants “vivat, vivat, vivat” after this character switches outfits and begins to speak in (*) nonsense Latin. After this man feigns his own death, he gets “eulogized” as a wretch by his wife Béline. This character walks back on his threat to send his daughter to a convent, provided her lover Cléante becomes his doctor. For ten points, name this overly-health-conscious title character whose creator, Moliére, ironically died immediately after playing. ■END■
ANSWER: Argan [or The Imaginary Invalid; or The Hypochondriac; or The Would-Be Invalid; or Le Malade imaginaire; accept answers to the effect of the protagonist of The Imaginary Invalid; prompt on invalid]
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