Molière

and his works came after Molière and his works. Like Molière, Voltaire criticized the church, but rather through hidden messages in plays and books, he explicitly attacked the church and the government of France in his books, and is one of the people who is credited for kicking off the French Revolution. Voltaire’s most famous work is his satire Candide, which like Molière’s Tartuffe, was widely banned because it made fun of religion and the government. While both Molière and Voltaire agree on…

hypocrisy, but it is not anti-religious. Moliere uses characters such as Tartuffe and Cléante to represent the church. Tartuffe uses his religion to get his way. Orgon was attracted to Tartuffe’s faith and he latched on to him order to feel close to God. On the other hand, Cléante has a true understanding of religion. He suggests that a religious man does not have to be showy with his faith. Through the way he lives one can see that he is a holy man. Moliere may have written Tartuffe a long…

resolutely applied Aristotle’s comedic principles as laid out in “Poetics.” Molière is also known for his scathing satirization of common institutions and politics. These traits define Molière’s work, combining to make “The Imaginary Invalid” a timeless tale. Commedia dell’Arte influenced…

In Both Tartuffe and Candide, authors Voltaire and Moliere write in their own opinions on the corruption of institutional religion. Their opinions differ however in the fact that Moliere still accepts institutional religion, but wants the readers to be conscious of who they choose to be their religious leader. Voltaire on the other hand inserts certain characters and scenes that demonstrate his view that institutional religion is corrupt. Moliere did not appear to truly change institutional…

status may be defined by wealth or assets, whereas to others status may be defined as the power and career one holds in society. Regardless of one’s present day definition of social status, the seventeenth-century definition of status as portrayed by Molière in The Would-Be Gentleman, is somewhat unique. Nobles such as Dorante, the bourgeois, or middle-class members of society such as Madame Jourdain and Monsieur Jourdain, and servants like Nicole primarily make up the social classes, or levels…

Have you ever read a story blindly and just couldn’t understand it so you made assumptions about it? That is what happened to me. I recently read Tartuffe by Moliere, after my first read of the story, I thought it was not relatable, virtually impossible to ever happen, and just not funny. However, after understanding the cultural background, the life experiences of the author, and the author’s purpose for writing these stories, I now see this literary work as a strong satire that is relatable…

before it could be published. In the case of drama specifically, many playwrights had to write several versions before it could be approved, primarily because of its offensiveness, as it was in Moliere’s case. In his efforts to please King Lois XIV, Moliere weakened the overall message of his most famous play, Tartuffe. In Moliere’s earlier copies of Tartuffe, he originally made fun of religion. In David Partikian’s article “Critical Essay on Tartuffe”, he writes that many scholars agree in…

Plays, scenes and acts written in the 17th and 18th century are very different from what is perceived in today’s era. Tartuffe is considered a romantic comedy by Moliere who conveys the catholic religion traced throughout this one family and Tartuffe. Some members of the family disguise Tartuffe as a fake and phony but Madame Pernelle and Orgon think differently. The play takes place in Paris during the 1600’s. Relating in some viewpoints there is a story by Mary Wollstonecraft’s which portrays…

not in the bible or shared by the king. Both these authors challenged the authorities and questioned the social class system. Tartuffe was a play filled with humorous satire that aimed towards the bourgeois class in France during the 17th century. Moliere aims his story at the hypocrisy of religion. Candide in the 18th century criticized the clergy and social class.…

Moliere believed in the religious hypocrisy and fanaticism. Candide satirized the European society by criticizing the hypocrisy of the clergy. Voltaire supported the importance of flexible thinking and scientific reasoning. Even though he believed in the existence of God, he was still judgmental of critical of revealed religion as well as of religious optimism and fanaticism. Tartuffe was an evaluation of religions hypocrisy as expressed in Tartuffe. Orgon believed Tartuffe was loyal…