Tartuffe

characters in Tartuffe, Orgon, and Candide, both of the men thought the were correct. Candide thought his passive everything…

Molière’s play Tartuffe was about a man, Orgon, who blindly and irrationally trusting and caring of the pious hypocrite Tartuffe. Despite the constant urgings of his family and servants to see Tartuffe for what he is, Orgon stubbornly discredits their claims and defends Tartuffe. I liked this play. The stage scenery was beautiful, the cast was mostly amazing, and the script itself was compelling. One of the most enjoyable parts of the play were the facial expressions of everyone on the stage.…

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 and pure but he really was not. Tartuffe used religion as a disguise for his sins. He claimed to be holy but his actions went completely against the standards of his religion. In one of the scenes, he tells Dorine to “Cover that blossom girl.…

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…

tormented men in the plays The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Tartuffe , Cassius and Tartuffe, come from two dissimilar plays. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, a tragedy, tells the story of the rising power and death of Julius Caesar. Tartuffe, a comedy, depicts the life of a poor beggar that attempts to live in the house of a wealthy family. Both characters, Cassius and Tartuffe from the plays The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare and Tartuffe by Moliere, share the trait of jealousy,…

Women are portrayed in Tartuffe and 1001 Arabian Nights in very contrasting ways. One work portrays women as equals to men and perhaps more intelligent than men and the other work portrays women is unfaithful and as slaves for the husband to do whatever they want to get the wives to submit to do what the husband wants them to do. Each work has quite a few different women that are portrayed, but the portrayal of each is almost always very similar to one another. In 1001 Arabians Nights the…

Old Woman: The elderly woman is more helpful to Candide in his quest to find Cunégonde than most of the men he encounters. She also has the harshest backstory in terms of cruelty dealt to her by the world. Her reason lets her see the both the good and evil of the world It is not just her own hope grounded in realism, but her fortitude to survive in a world full of barbarism and uncertainty. Phedre: Women in ancient roman and greek tragedies are portrayed as scheming and evil with a propensity…

different manner, ultimately bring these 3 works from different times in line to formulate a central theme. The first work is Tartuffe written in 1664. This work is in the enlightenment era, a time where God was seen as a creator but nothing more. This is the story of how a relatively wealthy man named Orgon befriends what he believes to be a poor religious man named Tartuffe. Tartuffe has a decent understanding of how Orgon’s brain works allowing him to use Orgon to get to fortune and…

For thousands of years, humans have put on a slew of theatrical performances. From the tragedies and festivals of ancient Greece to the neoclassical dramas of France, there is a multitude of productions and genres available from cultures across the world. Plays and musicals are still popular to this day, and the Richard Rodgers Theatre and the Globe Theatre in England being very popular with locals and tourists alike. There are even thousands of programs in schools across the country dedicated…

common. They both are French writers and passionate to write stories about religion. For example, Moliere wrote “Tartuffe or the Imposter” and Voltaire wrote “Candide or Optimism”. Those stories are related to the religion belief. Voltaire story stated that "As far as human concerned, God gave them reason and then left them free to use it". It has happened in the Moliere story (Tartuffe) if Orgon had faith in God he would not bring the deceiver into his house. Because he did not use his sense of…