Moliere Literature Reviews Samples For Students

Dr. Thornton

Tartuffe
The play opens with Orgons’s mother; Madame Pernelle, convinced of Tartuffe’s piety, leaving rather than listen to the concerns of the rest of the family who have seen though him. (Moliere 3). As it the play proceeds Tartuffe divides Orgon from his family (Moliere 12). The more they try to expose him the greater Orgon’s denial of the truth. Tartuffe’s control Orgon reaches the point where he tells his daughter, Mariane to break off her engagement to Valere, who she loves, and marry Tartuffe.(Moliere 15) Orgon’s son Damis and wife Elmire ...

Tartuffe is perhaps one of the most revealing of plays by Moliere as it deals with women’s follies and disenchantment with men. The character of Tartuffe is in fact crucial to the whole play as he is quite a fraud and morally corrupts everything which comes into contact with him. His relationship with Orgon is also a crucial and important part of the play and shows that the pretensions of Tartuffe are accordingly part and parcel of the whole play. Tartuffe also has a disdain for women which is quite disarming in this respect and demonstrates that life is not always a ...

Many people misunderstand Tartuffe, and religion’s role in the comedy. When it was first performed for King Louis XIV, the initial perception was that it was a satire of religion. The result of this was that the play was initially banned. One of the reasons why the ban was lifted was that each competing faction of the church felt it was a parody of the other. In reality, the play is not a satire any one religion or of religion in general; it is a portrayal of a religious hypocrite.
Tartuffe is a the “Impostor” as a guest in Orgon’s home he attempts ...

Moliere dramatizes Tartuffe’s control through his character which makes him very influential in Orgon’s household. Tartuffe is a brilliant character but then a very good manipulator and very calculative in everything he does: from his gestures to the kinds of words he uses. It was very easy for Orgon and Madame Pernelle to fall into his trap. He is also good in reverse psychology, this is seen when the rest of the family try to get back at him by convincing Tartuffe to confess to Elmire how he feels about her so that Orgon kicks him out, damis is ...

In Moliere's Tartuffe, the titular character is a rogueish, villainous cad who takes advantage of the kind but naive patriarch Orgon. Orgon as a character is difficult to defend; much of the play involves other characters attempting to wake him up to Tartuffe's blatant and transparent hypocrisy. However, Orgon continually excuses Tartuffe's behavior or does not believe his family members, choosing to buy into the con artist's charms. Some may see that Orgon is the hopeless, hapless pawn, the obstacle that gets in the way of stopping Tartuffe from taking complete advantage of the family; despite this naivete, Orgon has a great ...