Molière

Moliere and Voltaire are both well renowned writers and share many similarities between one another. One of the bluntest and obvious similarities Moliere and Voltaire share would be their lack of authority. Moliere Jean- Baptiste Poquelin had to get King Louis XIV to allow him to keep producing his work. Voltaire Francois-Marie Arouet had to run away from the censorship in England and France. Voltaire would go to the extreme extent and hand out personal copies of his work and only give it to…

practical sense of perspective. She knows that if there is to be any gossip about anything they must be from Daphne, the only person according to Dorine, who gossips about other people so as to feel good about her own self and life to hide her own flaws (Molière, 147). She tells Madame Pernelle that Daphne condemns people for the same vice she used to do, since those days she used to flirt around and attract a sizable following. She did not have a problem, but now that her beauty has faded she…

Moliere 's Tartuffe, and Voltaire 's Candide are each praiseworthy abstract works of the eighteenth century in their own particular rights. Fraud is a sarcastic drama, and Candide a provocative travelog. While each sticks somberly to its type, different similitudes and also differentiating contrasts can be followed among the previously mentioned works. Composed amid the Age of Enlightenment, each of these works mirrors the belief system of the period and subsequently, has different likenesses.…

Tartuffe Orgon; is one of the main characters in the story, who had a firm belief in Tartuffe with a great passion. From this play Moliere explains how a man like Orgon can be so blind in his loyalty and love to a belief that he can’t make the right judgement, even of those who can easily deceive him. Tartuffe’s hypocrisy is unknown to Orgon that he goes against his family members who disagree with Tartuffe being the firm believer in God. Everyone in the family tries to tell Orgon (Except for…

A minor character contributes heavily to a play, particularly by revealing information or giving additional insight into the major characters. Tartuffe, by Molière, is a French satire which is over exaggerated and critical towards the upper class and ridicules hypocrisy. Molière’s unique choice of using a stock character to contribute to the technical development of the work aids in the explanation of the minor characters role in the play. Dorine holds the role of the Zanni, the servant who…

daughter for her hypocrisy, Moliere and Voltaire were using satire to mock policies and people, in power in order to enlighten society, while also not being killed for directly challenging the people in power. Satire is a genre in literature that became especially powerful during the 17th century “Age of Enlightenment.” Satire ridicules people and religions, using tools such as exaggeration and wit to make the reader laugh but also think about what they are reading. While Moliere and Voltaire…

comedian known mostly by his stage name: Molière (pronounced "mohl-yair"), whose real name was Jean Baptiste Poquelin, was one of the greatest masters of comedy in western literature; he put together 12 of the most long-lasting, powerful and full-length comedies of all time, some that rhyme, some in story, not to mention six more shorter slapstick, dramatic comedies. He used his knowledge for the modern French comedy and combined it with commedia dell’arte. Moliere was born on Jan 15, 1622, to…

2. Revolution Throughout history, numerous people have started revolutions in many ways by displaying progressive ideas and fighting for the liberal changes in their society. One such example is Olympe de Gouges, who courageously advocated for the rights of women in her writing “The Rights of Woman”. During Gouges’ time, women were living by social standards that made them inferior to men. In hopes of influencing the public with her notions and showing support for the females, Gouges,…

/It’s a father’s privilege (Molière Act 2, Scene 1, 28-31). Orgon has such a dominant and rash personality that he is so easily taken by Tartuffe’s actions that he does not seem to figure out Tartuffe’s true personality. Orgon exclaims “Just think of it: behind that fervent face/A…

He represents an easy prey for the charlatan who isolates him from others by teaching "to love nothing and no one! Mother, father, wife, daughter, son—They could die right now, I’d feel no pain" (Puchner 23). Evidently, the intent of Moliere is to unmask the hypocrisy of those who use religion as a smokescreen to cover their vileness. Intent that is also openly manifested in the words that Cléante aimed at…