The Misanthrope Hypocrisy

In Tartuffe, Moliere's use's plot to defend and oppose characters that symbolize and ridicule habitual behavior's that was imposed during the neo-classical time period. His work, known as a comedy of manners, consists of flat characters, with few and similar traits and that always restore some kind of peace in the end. He down plays society as a whole by creating a microseism, where everyone in the family has to be obedient, respectful, and mindful of the head of the home, which is played by the father Orgon. Mariane shows her obedience when she replies "To please you, sir, is what delights me best." (Moliere 324,11) Shortly afterwards, Orgon commands Mariane to take Tartuffe as her husband even though she is not interested in him at all.

Moliere’s personages can be found in our days also. Unfortunately, hypocrisy is an immorality that will never

Throughout time, man has used many forms of deception to get what they want. Moliere’s play Tartuffe is a classical story about deception and how a “mask” is used to hide someone’s true intentions. Moliere applies the idea of a mask and a theme of deception to exploit the power struggles within a traditional household. The character Tartuffe employs deception so he can achieve social and economical standings while Elmire, Mariane, and Dorine use deception to defy the authority of Orgon over the entire household and to help bring back family harmony.

Contextually it is important to understand how women are presented as tragic victims of men in ‘Othello’. Contemporary views of women were, according to Sir Thomas Elyot “to be mild, timorous, tractable, benign, of sure remembrance, and shamefast.” Conversely men were seen to be “fierce, strong in opinion, covetous of glory, desirous of knowledge, appetiting by generation to bring for his semblable.” Elyot’s views of the contemporary man, though much grander than those of women, could prove to be their downfall in ‘Othello’. Shakespeare’s protagonist’s downfall could be based on the fact that he is desirous of knowledge, and Iago’s manipulation of Othello’s trustworthy nature suggests that not only are women the tragic victims of men, but it is men who are also victims of men.

Moliere played a huge role on how people should understand religion during that time period. “Tartuffe” was a story about a profane imposter who attempts to deceive a middle-aged man named Orgon."He lost his fortune, as he says himself because he cared for Heaven alone, and so was careless of his interests here below. I mean to get him out of his present straits and help him to recover his estates – “(2.2.17). This show how blind Orgon really was because how can a holy man become so interested in wealth. Orgon love this imposter so much that he ask him for advice anytime he has to make a decision. This did not see well with the rest of his family, who see Tartuffe as a phony. Orgon wife played a critical role in this story because of her intelligence. Tartuffe had affection for Elmire which she knows but does the clever thing of not running to tell her husband. She

During the Enlightenment period, society plays a huge role in social appearance (The Norton Anthology p. 7). Moliere exhibits this through the character of Tartuffe and his bogus religious ways. The overall lesson from the character himself is that even though society has certain rules to abide, sometimes it is hard for people to practice what they preach. In addition to societal values is tradition. In my opinion, the Enlightenment values tradition a lot more than emotions. Moliere demonstrates this through the relationship between the father and the daughter. Dorine says to Mariane, in act two scene three, “Each daughter must choose always to say yes to what her father wants, no more and no less” (77-78). Orgon wants his daughter to marry the man that he has chosen no matter if he is wrong or right, nor if she happy or either sad. Reason being, is because a common established practice in this play and during this time was the respect for the man of the household. Mariane does not wish to disrespect her father, so she holds her tongue. With that being said, the Enlightenment period has a focal point on not only tradition, but the uphold of a man over a

The focus of this paper will be to compare and contrast the works of two playwrights. The works that will be considered are Molière’s The Would-Be Gentleman and Beaumarchais’s The Marriage of Figaro. Both considered comedies, Moliere’s is a short play that tells the tale of Monsieur Jourdain, a tradesman who desires to become a gentleman. Beaumarchais’s play, second in the Figaro trilogy, follows the series of event prior to Figaro’s wedding. Figaro and his companions scheme to ensure that his marriage occurs smoothly. Furthermore, the plays are dated 100 years apart from each other, and they deal with the representation of social hierarchy, social mobility, and gender roles in various ways. With that in mind, they become good sources to compare and contrast the changes in society that occurred within those 100 years. This paper will compare both plays to examine how Molière further endorses the social values and ideas of his time, while Beaumarchais’s presents a shift in attitude towards those values and challenges them.

Though the original plot of the play, when Moliere wrote it was to recognize the hypocrisy in a religious man. Watching and reading the play, unveiled another trait in the story; which is the love and trust a family has together to not only try to come together to explain to Orgon who is their head of household over the family’s decision and estate their deep mistrust for the religious beggar Tartuffe despite his simple thinking, they were keen to show him and prove to him that you shouldn’t trust an outsider so easily. In “Tartuffe” Orgon’s family try to open his eyes to the truth of a man who claims to be religious but, is nothing more but an evil man who is trying to con him out of his family’s fortune and estate.

The theme for honour and fidelity apply for both men and women in Shakespeare’s play ‘much ado about nothing’. Honour and fidelity is represented very differently for men and women as it would have been for the people in Elizabethan times. In this first section of the essay, I will be exploring double standards and Shakespeare’s awareness of the double standards between sexes and his feminist approach, the differences of honour and fidelity for men and women and upper class and lower class comparisons.

In Tartuffe, Moliere's use's plot to defend and oppose characters that symbolize and ridicule habitual behavior's that was imposed during the neo-classical time period. His work, known as a comedy of manners, consists of flat characters, with few and similar traits, and that always restore some kind of peace in the end. He down plays society as a whole by creating a microseism, where everyone in the family has to be obedient, respectful, and mindful of the head of the home, which is played by the father Orgon. Mariane shows her obedience when she replies "To please you, sir, is what delights me best." (Moliere 324,11) Shortly afterwards, Orgon commands Mariane to take Tartuffe as her husband even though she is not interested in him at all. Orgon's command shows how men are dominate

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere's Tartuffe is an epic play of hypocrisy, betrayal, and the tale of a foolish mind. Moliere's choice of protagonist in this play happens to be the most blatantly ignorant character in the play. Orgon is naive to the villain Tartuffe's hypocritical ways, makes a complete dunce of himself by uplifting Tartuffe as holy, and failing to pick up the abundance of clues of Tartuffe being fake. Analyzing this character is rather interesting and at the same time frustrating to read of someone so ignorant that they fail to see the wolf hiding under the sheep clothing. A fool is a fool unless they open their eyes to see the truth, and it took Orgon the majority of the play to realize the truth.

In Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” although many things and behaviors are satirized, the play focuses mainly on the issue of religious hypocrisy. Whereas Tartuffe is the obvious hypocrite and

Moliere's Tartuffe is a satire based on religious hypocrisy. Every character is essential in Tartuffe. All of the characters play an important role, but it is easy to say that Tartuffe and Orgon are the main characters. First, we must know the definition of satire. According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, satire is defined as "literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn" ("satire"). In other words, a satire is defined as literary work that uses humor to point out the foolishness of a person or just in human nature. Religious hypocrisy can be self-defined as a false assumption of a person. What follows are examples of how I believe Tartuffe exposes humor

Toinette and Argan’s brother, Béralde, determine that they must convince the hypochondriac that he is not sick, so she poses as a doctor and tells him that the physicians he has been seeing are all incompetent, while giving him nonsense advice of her own, forcing him to realize not all doctors are as professional as they seem (Molière Act III Scene XIV). Additionally, she proposes that Argan fake his own death, thereby exposing his wife Bèline as a gold digger when she fails to mourn him (Moliére Act III Scene XVIII). Moliére, instead of portraying another stereotypical moron who advances the plot only through coincidence, creates a heroine who actively shapes the events of the narrative through her own intellect.

Monsieur Lantin views life at face value, and is easily influenced by the opinions of others. Madam Latin is regarded as the “pure woman to whom every young man dreams of entrusting his future with,” revealing that he does not have a first impression of her, but has the tendency to rely on others opinions for major life choices (Maupassant, 90). Monsieur’s mind is clouded with an idealistic fantasy of a happy marriage based on one encounter and the tales of others, however, he disregards his feelings and finds