Tartuffe

she can devise a plan to expose Tartuffe, but Damis, her son, reveals the secret to Orgon. Orgon becomes enraged by his son’s accusations, “Traitor! And how dare you even try to tarnish this man’s virtue with a lie?” and his son replies, “What? This hypocrite pretends to be contrite and you believe him over me?” (175). Orgon is certain Damis is lying and disowns and dispels him from the house. More of Orgon’s relationships crumble because of his devotion to Tartuffe. Orgon arranges for his…

Tartuffe was viewed by some to be an anti-religious play. Do you believe it is anti-religious? Why or why not? In what way does the play provide strong religious or social criticism? Tartuffe does target religious 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…

Tartuffe, by Moliere, revolves around a family structure where tensions escalate due the presence of hypocrisy within the household. This conflicting hypocrisy presents itself in the form of a man known as Tartuffe.(Moliere) While the family dynamic is being challenged by this man’s false nature, an even more concerning theme is initially introduced, this being the correlation between the patriarch and stability. Orgon, the father, is passionately in favor of this man’s false representation of…

The play Tartuffe by Moliere is a play with many underlying complicated themes, and one of them might be the way it mocks the weaknesses of the characters. The play exaggerates the human folly of characters like Orgon and their inability to see beyond their narrowed perspective and believing everyone else to be following the same train of thought. Also, the play highlights the strict conduct blindly followed by french society like gender norms and religious affiliation and puts them out of…

Orgon, the head of the household in the comedy Tartuffe: a respected man by his friends and family and righteously served the King; he is a rational, sane man but questions emerge when he becomes ludicrous and he is not the same man as he was before. He demonstrates a form of satire because of his strong-willed mind of Tartuffe and then being tricked into the fraudly innocence of Tartuffe. His actions lead to different conflicts within the family which leads us to believe that he is careless…

In the Neoclassical play Tartuffe the theme of hypocrisy is presented not only through the villain Tartuffe, but the minor character Monsieur Loyal. By the end of the play Tartuffe has sent Monsieur Loyal to deliver the news to Orgon that he is being evicted from his home. From the beginning of Act 5 Scene 4 Monsieur Loyal presents the virtue of kindness when he explains to Orgon that he could have had a bailiff who would be “less kind” (105.64). From the text the reader can infer that…

most famous theatrical comedies, Tartuffe, performed at the University Theatre of Cal State San Bernardino Ronald E. Barnes Theatre. In the play, Orgon, a wealthy Parisian patriarch falls under the influence of a hypocrite named Tartuffe. Luckily, Tartuffe’s antics do not fool the rest of the family or friends. In order to show Orgon how terrible Tartuffe really is, his wife Elmire, takes matters into her own hands. She promises to show him the truth about Tartuffe. Therefore, she makes him hide…

truth about Tartuffe. He is so enthralled by Tartuffe because he enriches Orgon with power by appealing to his desires. Tartuffe is claiming to be a traditional figure of authority by presenting himself as a holy man and Orgon foolishly goes against everyone’s feeling towards Tartuffe and falls for his act. The audience is not told that Tartuffe is a liar or hypocrite but, through his words and the actions that follow, it allows the audience to differentiate between the lying Tartuffe and the…

It is just the new houseguest, Tartuffe, who acquires her approval. Tartuffe has been welcome to stay by the house's expert Orgon, who is charmed by Tartuffe's appearing devotion. Whatever is left of the family accepts Tartuffe to be a cheat and a liar, however can't persuade Madame Pernelle to see him along these lines. After Madame Pernelle withdraws, the servant Dorine and Orgon's brother by marriage Cleante talk about how they may persuade Orgon that Tartuffe is controlling him. Damis is…

He addresses women education in a very different way. For example, even though the play was written in the seventeenth century, the female characters in Tartuffe, represent one of the most fundamental parts of the play. Moliere creates the female characters in such a way that they are completely different from what people are often used to see in female characters. One of the reasons why the character are…