Manipulation In Tartuffe

Tartuffe is a great example of someone willing to do whatever it takes to get what they want. They are the people who are willing to completely destroy other people's lives so that they can be ahead. Tartuffe is an example of how such greed and ignorance was used against people listening to a sermon in a church. It could be said that Wall Street bankers are a near perfect example of someone possessing those characteristics today. There are many more ways that people have infiltrated our lives and manipulated the truth while we put our full trust into them. Perhaps by learning to identify the common characteristics of people with such shady and evil intent, that we can learn to spot signs of manipulation and stop the damage before it begins.

The first common characteristic between someone such as Tartuffe and a Wall Street Banker is that they have a high-ranking …show more content…
"It is possible perhaps even psychologically commonplace, for someone other than a mere criminal to talk and act like Tartuffe, that he differs only in degree from large categories of the truly religious, leads to an implied devaluation of a whole cast of mind, a whole moral stance in society."
They are people who aspire to harm others for self-gain. By using their high-ranking positon in society, they are able to persuade people to trust in them because there is some hidden knowledge that they possess or a special ability only present inside that particular person. They involve you emotionally by asking for personal details and in return you will receive some form of money or salvation in the afterlife. They use this trust to manipulate the direction of attention and go back on their promises. Finally, to top it off, they blame it all on the person being hoodwinked. People with evil intent with no sympathy for others have and will always exist. Tartuffe is a story with a great example of an evil