Examples Of Hypocrisy In Tartuffe

In response to watching University of Portland’s theatre production of Tartuffe, I thought that the play consists quality themes of hypocrisy and the importance of family.
The character of Tartuffe demonstrates contradicting morals and negatively affects the family of Orgon as he attempts to manipulate those around him. With his claim of being pious and holy, his actions reveal those of a man who, in reality, is greedy and lustful. Tartuffe attempts to seduce Orgon’s wife even though he is supposed to be marrying Orgon’s daughter Mariane.
Although everyone but Orgon knew of his actual character, it was entertaining and insightful to watch the play illustrate how “appearances can be deceiving”. Whereas in the Frankenstein novel by Mary Shelley