William Moliere 's Tartuffe As A Threat Of Reason

Throughout the conversation Orgon ignores the news over his wife and is more worried over Tartuffe's well being. This idealization is a cause for one to succumb to hypocrisy and be blinded by deceptions. Orgon then recalls the first time he met Tartuffe. He gives Cleante a reason as to why he admires Tartuffe. "This is a man who...ha!...

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.

The extreme level of Orgon's devotion to Tartuffe is obvious. At the end of Act I, Scene 2, Dorinne, the maid, remarks on Orgon's complete infatuation with Tartuffe. She tells Clèante, Orgon's brother-in-law that "he's quite loss his senses since he fell / Beneath Tartuffe infatuating spell. / He calls him brother, and loves him as his life, / Preferring him to mother, child, or wife. / In him and him alone will he confide; / He's made him his confessor and his guide" (18). While this appears to be an exaggeration on Dorinne's part, it is soon clear that she is correct. Throughout Act I, Scene IV, Dorinne tries repeatedly to tell Orgon about his wife's illness. He never once expresses concern or sympathy for his own wife Elmire. In contrast, Tartuffe has been eating enough for several men, drinking wine heavily, and sleeping soundly. However, every time Dorinne begins to talk about the fever and headaches, Orgon repeats, "Ah. And Tartuffe?" or "Poor fellow" (20-23). Furthermore, Orgon himself even admits openly that through Tartuffe, his "soul [has] been freed / From earthly loves, and every human tie: / My mother, children, brother, and wife could die, / And I'd not see a single moment's pain" (25). The blindness Orgon exhibits, therefore, robs him of every human sympathy. The loving husband and father

- Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite (/tɑrˈtʊf, -ˈtuːf/;[1] French: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, pronounced: [taʁtuf]), first performed in 1664, is one of the most famous theatrical comedies by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles.

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere wrote Tartuffe during the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment. One of the main characteristics of the Age of Enlightenment was a push towards using reason over emotions to make decisions. The leaders of the enlightenment truly believed that the world could be made a better place if people did this. In Tartuffe, when the characters use their emotions to make their decisions they find themselves in undesirable situations. While those who let their emotions rule them find their lives spinning out of control, there are other characters in the play who try to approach them with reason and logic. Out of these characters the lady’s maid Dorine stands out as the voice of reason.

The play starts in Orgon’s house. Where him and his mother (Madame Pernelle) are having a discussion about Tartuffe, who is a beggar and a holy man. The other members of this family strongly dislike Tartuffe because they believe that he is a self righteous con artist.

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.

Until the end of the play, Orgon is under Tartuffe’s complete control and suffered great humiliation at his discovery, which is synonymous with the consequences of following religion without thought. Before Orgon is even seen in the play, the others are already

Orgon is very obsessed with Tartuffe in act 1 scene 4 Orgon comes back home, he is greeted by his brother-in-law Cleante and the house maid Dorine. In lines 8 -10 "Not quite. There was that headache Madame had the day you left. Well, it got really bad she had a fever" dorine talks about Orgon’s sick wife and his response was "and Tartuffe" while Dorine is talking about his sick wife, his only response was and Tartuffe this how's how obsessed Orgon is with Tartuffe that he does not care about the health of his wife he was more worried about Tartuffe. In act 1 scene 5 cleante talks about Orgon’s response to his sick wife. Orgon later explains to his brother in law the feelings on Tartuffe in lines 30-71. Cleante is then convinced that orgon is out of his

I would argue a few reasons. First I think that they both needed visual proof. Orgon, upon seeing and hearing, what Tartuffe was really like for himself, immediately realized his error. So too with the mother, although Orgon told her that he had seen Tartuffe acting this way, it was not enough for her. Taking my first theory, it would be because she did not see it with her own eyes.

Blinded by Tartuffe’s deception, Orgon only perceives a good intentioned man when in reality this man wants to lay claim to all that is Orgon’s, including his wealth, daughter and wife. Tartuffe, a “religiously self-appealing servant,” is able to help Orgon in his quest to get into heaven in the “after-life” before his time runs out. Orgon’s desire to find his way to G-d blinds his ability to see the truth and makes him highly vulnerable to all that Tartuffe asks of him. Orgon becomes so blinded by Tartuffe that he does not even believe his own son when he tells him that Tartuffe is trying to seduce his wife, Elmire. Orgon responds: “Oh you deceitful boy, how dare you try to stain his purity with so foul a lie?” He not only ignores the warnings of his family members, but he also kicks them out and disinherits them, leaving Tartuffe as the sole beneficiary of his inheritance. Furthermore, the author uses satire when describing Orgon’s response to being told the truth regarding the stranger he trusts more than his son. As Dorine says, “How a man like you who looks so wise and wears a mustache of such splendid size can be so foolish?” Dorine sarcastically makes fun of Orgon and says that while he appears to be a wise man, he remains a fool. Orgon has every appearance of a successful and intelligent man, yet he lacks the ability to see through Tartuffe’s act.

What he fails to realize is the way that “Tartuffe deceives others by his gradiosities of mortification and charity; he encourages his victims in their own grandiosities” (Mack 10). By taking Tartuffe in to his household, Orgon gets to feel like the provider and head of the family that he does not truthfully embody.

By doing so he completely dismissed his brother as he wanted to find out more about the whole family in general and especially his new visitor Tartuffe than just one person more-over his brother in law. Dorine, being the family servant assumes that her master would like to know more about his wife thus telling him of how she had not been feeling well, however Orgon quickly brushes off the news due to his admiration for Tartuffe, and quickly inquires about Tartuffe. Orgon is then told of Tartuffe’s excellent health and how well his being fed. Orgon’s response however is what leaves people flabbergasted “Poor man!” (1.4.14) He responds.

In a laughing manner, Orgon agrees to hide and listen to his wife and Tartuffe speak. Elmire begins to say the things she must in order for Tartuffe to come clean and there are several times in this scene in which she coughs in

From one hand, a hypocrite is easily capable of manipulating the one, who does not have sincerity or who is inattentive with his/her personal dealings. According to the play, Tartuffe manages to impress Orgon by showing off his piety (Act 1, scene 5, line 36-40) and his generosity as an alms giver (Act 1, scene 5, line 55). I believe