Tartuffe Essay

Tartuffe, a play written in 1664 by Jean-Baptiste Moliere, is a commentary about hypocrisy and transgression. The play focuses around Orgon and his family, including his wife Elmire, his son Damis, his daughter Mariane, and his mother Madame Pernelle. These characters interact with the servants of the house, Dorine who is maid to Mariane and their house guest, Tartuffe. The genre of the play is comedy and is separated into five acts. Orgon, the main character, starts off at the beginning of play

Wendy Ifenso-Okpala Dr Ress WR 150 The Satirical Nature of Tartuffe The French play, Tartuffe, was written by Moliere in 1664. The major theme in this play is exposing what is wrong in the religious society and Moliere uses comedy to point out this out. This idea agrees with Highet, and Robert Corrigan’s definition of a satire. The first definition made by Highet is that a satire aims to expose what is wrong in our society as Moliere tries to do with religious hypocrites. The second definition

a doubt, Tartuffe is one of the most ostentatious, hypocritical characters to ever walk on stage. He is a textbook definition of a hypocrite with his behaviors contradicting the morals he claims to hold. Furthermore, based on Tartuffe’s dialogue and decisions, he embodies irrationality. Yet, somehow, Tartuffe justifies all his contradictions between what he says and what he does by presenting rational-like defenses.Here, a distinction is unveiled about Tartuffe’s motivations. Is Tartuffe merely a

Philip English 2000 22 April 2015 The Role of Tartuffe in Orgon's Life In Moliere's comedy, Tartuffe, the main focus of the play is not on Tartuffe, but it is on the blind fascination and obsession of Orgon with Tartuffe. Moliere uses Orgon as a representation of how one can be so blind in his dedication to a belief that he cannot make an accurate judgment as to the genuineness of others who would use that belief to mislead him. However, how is Tartuffe able to integrate himself so heavily in Orgon's

Jessica Lonon FREN 0868-701 Moliere Essay Tartuffe is Moliere’s most famous play. It was originally written in 1664 as a three-act comedy, however the final version – which is what has survived to today – is composed of five acts. Many have said that Tartuffe was written in response to hypocritical religious situations of the age. Religious hypocrisy was an issue that plagued many upper class Frenchmen and this play subtly targets them and their folly. Tartuffe centers on a rich bourgeois by the name

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

Justly Out of Place Tartuffe is portrayed as a light hearted comedy that a reader can sit down and enjoy; however, there are layers underneath that must be peeled back to see a theme that is crucial to the play, feminism. Moliere has created this wonderful drama in which three ladies stand out and really drive the action. Madame Pernelle’s excessive ranting, Dorine’s disrespectful back talking, and Elmire’s devious scheming seem to be the only actions taken to resolve the conflicts of Master Orgon’s

tries her best to help her stepdaughter to get her married to the man of her life instead of Tartuffe and to get expose his acts in faking and showing how much he is all about god and a saint. Later on, that day when Elmire was telling Orgon what type of a guy is Tartuffe and that Orgon wasn't ready to believe anything she said, at that point she challenged her husband saying she can prove that Tartuffe is a horrible two faces person. Elmire kept telling Orgon that " You've been too long deceived

demanding Moliere to be stopped; although the King found the Tartuffe to be amusing and believed Moliere had good intentions, he temporarily banned further performances until it was reviewed. Later that summer Tartuffe was approved by the Popes nephew, Cardinal Chigi; “he approved it, finding nothing offensive to Christianity” (Tartuffe 202). From that point forward Moliere continued to write plays until his death. But his biggest success, Tartuffe, is still read and performed every day, by people all around

In the play Tartuffe written by french playwright Moliere, the main character, Orgon is duped by a hypocritical sham who calls himself Tartuffe. Orgon is portrayed as being very gullible. He trusts Tartuffe, who is deceitful and cunning. His wife, Elmire, his son, Damis, and his brother-in-law, Cleante see through Tartuffe's duplicity, but Orgon does not, continuing to trust Tartuffe completely. Because Orgon doesn't look beyond Tartuffe's act, he is easily made a fool. Those who easily trust others