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tartuffe is one of Moliere's most famous plays, written in 1664 and performed at the fêtes for King Louis XIV.... Moliere's tartuffe tartuffe is one of Moliere's most famous plays, written in 1664 and performed at the fetes for King Louis XIV.... The play has been so influential that tartuffe is now a synonym for hypocrite in both English and French.... The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether it is indeed tartuffe that is the main villain of the play, or if Orgon, the householder, has to shoulder some of the blame....
4 Pages
(1000 words)
Essay
This essay "Appearance and Deception in tartuffe" discusses religious and virtuous people that are actually the worst liars and hypocrites.... tartuffe pretends to be a pious man, a ruse that enables him to manipulate people like Orgon and Madame Pernelle.... They see beyond tartuffe's appearance and believe that he is an expert hypocrite, although they have difficulty in convincing Orgon in seeing the truth until he sees the truth with his own eyes....
6 Pages
(1500 words)
Essay
The humorous dimension of Moliere's criticism is: No matter how much clever tartuffe is and how much foolish Oregon is, tartuffe himself is fooled by Elmire.... Being outwitted by Oregon's loyal wife, tartuffe, the parody of religious authority, confesses and reveals, though unknowingly, the degrading remarks what he feels about his devotee Oregon.... Moliere's “tartuffe” is such a successful satire that humorously criticizes the religious hypocrisy during the latter half of the Seventeenth Century....
3 Pages
(750 words)
Essay
"The Use of Satire in tartuffe by Moliere" paper focuses on a comedy written by Moliere and 'was first performed before Louis XIV at Versailles in 1664'.... The characters in the play include tartuffe, Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, Cleante, Mariane, Damis, Madame Pernelle, Valere, and a police officer.... The use of satire in the play can be seen in tartuffe, who appears to be a very religious man, but he is a hypocrite.... This is because when he arrives in Orgon's house, tartuffe possesses as a poor, but the extremely religious man of God....
4 Pages
(1000 words)
Book Report/Review
That Moliere created his famously controversial work, tartuffe, during what Morizot has characterized as an "Age of Quarrels" (2006: n.... The conventional wisdom is that Moliere sought to point out religious hypocrisy through tartuffe; a more reasoned and nuanced approach would probe deeper and conclude that Moliere was more interested in the dangers of absolutism in any form than with religion more specifically.... his essay will argue that the pattern of conflicts created by Moliere, and best exemplified through the relationships cultivated by tartuffe, were avoidable in large part but for the blind reliance of certain characters on unproven assumptions underlying certain types of absolutism....
5 Pages
(1250 words)
Book Report/Review
He is the first in the family to understand tartuffe's real motives and tries in vain to convince Orgon that his guest is a villain.... He tries his best to make his brother in-law see the true nature of tartuffe; however, he fails to convince Orgon.... His sense of realism, virtue and morality urges him to denounce tartuffe's lack of sincerity.... His commitment and sense of purpose prompt him to keep on conveying his message of truth and sensitize the family about tartuffe's hypocrisy; however, his attempts fail to be effective because neither Orgon nor his mother can envision this possibility....
4 Pages
(1000 words)
Essay
The paper "tartuffe by Moliere" highlights that generally, Barbara Woshinsky places tartuffe's denouements in the context of classical dramatic theory and structure.... She presents tartuffe's ending as a surprise because of the events that happened at the end.... Emanuel Chill's article explores the religious and political pressure that resulted in the changes in tartuffe following its censorship and questions the impact of these transformations on the characters....
8 Pages
(2000 words)
Annotated Bibliography
"The Play tartuffe Is Moliere's Way of Exposing Hypocrisy, Religion, Foolishness, Deceit, and Sin" paper focuses on the plays tartuffe by Moliere which does not condemn religion, but rather attempts to expose those who present themselves as religious and righteous individuals such as tartuffe.... tartuffe is the most sinful person in the play.... hen Orgon meets tartuffe, he is impressed by his holiness and therefore he decides to house him....
7 Pages
(1750 words)
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