Tartuffe French Play Analysis

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Tartuffe French play that was originally directed by Moliere, done in the 17th century. Also was launched at pierce college cast pierce college student, and directed by my Professor Shaheen Vaaz. Within the play there have been many components that raised my awareness and created a position of questioning due to the usage of different elements, also the presence of improvisation that enhanced the play and created a sense of comedy related to the idea of the play, however; even though there were many contrasts and differences from the original play, but it certainly was a well-done production in the sense of the present and in regards to what we have in today’s society.
As a part of the audience, I saw that the production was a success because
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The music created a great sense and was such a great addition to make the scene seem more alive, the drums, the click, the notes, the rhythms that went with a specific line, a specific reaction or a move, greatly collaborated to the production as a whole.
The costumes and the clothing that was done was successfully oriented and greatly conveyed, showing that the play can relate to different time periods, the colors of the costumes that relate to the character’s personal values and characteristics, gold represents royalty, black conveys darkness, and negativity, and sin. The language that was used even though it was originally ancient and seemed to be a very hard language to understand; however, the way our actors pulled it off seemed to be very thorough and very easy to keep up with and understand the idea of the play as a whole.
The theme was thoroughly conveyed despite the different contrasts and the different changes that took place in the modernized production, since I personally haven’t seen how the original production would look; however, based on my experience in this successful production, I would so proudly mention that it was greatly pulled off in all

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