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Abstract A lot of questions and disagreements exist in the Dom Juan scholarly work, both on literary and unrelated grounds. It appears that there has been no unambiguous consensus either way regarding the play among its knowledgeable critics. Its adversaries freely accord it a high level of superiority, even going so far as to label it an absolute masterpiece. Even though not every one of its friends concurs that it is such, they are all equally eager to criticize a lot of it. Whoever calls it a masterpiece doesn't specify what they mean, whether they are a friend or an enemy. Everyone appears to agree that such unevenness is caused by conditions other than artistic strain on the play's composition instead of any artistic goal (or lack of critical attention). As a result, Moliere wrote hastily and presumably while feeling enraged. Being severely excommunicated, he was either unable to distinguish between what was real and false in matters of morality and religion or, worse still, he was promoting libertine propaganda. Although there are still many unanswered concerns and differences of opinion regarding the idea of play, the approach that was given highlighted the structure and humor in Moliere's Study of Dom Juan.