How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"I'll kill myself rather than marry a man like that!" (1.4.95)
When Harpagon shows that he's not going to back down on his marriage plans for Élise, she gets melodramatic and says she'll commit suicide if he tries to make her marry M. Anselme. Like the heartless father he is, Harpagon totally calls her bluff and basically dares her to do it. As far as he's concerned, she's his prisoner and he can do what he likes with her.
Quote #5
"Was there ever anything more cruel than the strict penny-pinching he forces us to live with, the unnatural parsimoniousness in which we are made to languish?" (1.2.17)
Cléante feels like he's totally imprisoned by his father's stinginess. The young man doesn't have any means of making money himself, which makes him totally dependent on his dad for money.
Quote #6
"What use will money be to us if it comes only when we are too old to enjoy it?" (1.2.17)
Cléante feels like he's confined by his father's miserliness. But what's worse, he can also feel himself growing older every day, and he despairs over the fact that by the time he has money, he'll be too old to even enjoy it. That's why all parents should give all their money to their kids while their kids are still young. Who's with us on this one?