Tartuffe was written by Molière in France in the 19th century‚ during the reign of King Louis XIV. In the play a religious fraud‚ Tartuffe‚ befriends Orgon‚ a rich merchant‚ and persuades him to stay at his house. During this stay‚ Tartuffe masquerades as a priest‚ appearing to be devout and committed to the church. During this time‚ he nearly manages to trick Orgon into letting him marry his daughter‚ Mariane‚ seduce his wife‚ and imprison Orgon. Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) Theatre Department’s
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Extreme and Moderate Characters in Tartuffe In Moliére’s Tartuffe (Moiré 1664)‚ the reader is able to see a great contrast of Extreme and Moderate characters. Extreme characters being those who are seen as over the top‚ or very passionate people‚ and the moderate characters having a more calm and subtle approach to ideas. The extreme characters in this case would be Madam Pernelle‚ Orgon‚ Tartuffe‚ and Dorine. The moderate characters are seen as Cleante and Elmire. One of the characters that
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The two words that best describe America now and during the Age of Reason are perseverance and loyalty. Perseverance best describes the Age of Reason because they were going through a really tough time. The characteristic of loyalty best describes today because of our political ties. Let’s begin with the Age of Reason. The Age of Reason was a difficult time for America. They were in a war with their mother country and did not have a stable government after they had finished the war. The Revolutionary
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In the Middle Ages‚ the poor peasants went hungry many times while the royalty ate well. Fifty percent of the people were poor as the rest was royalty. The poor cooked all there food themselves. The poor people would eat mainly barley. Sometimes they turned their barley into bread and sometimes into pancakes orpizzas. They also make barley porridge or they would make soup out of barley. The poor people didn’t have enough food because they didn’t have all lot money. The poor hunted for some of their
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Given CircumstancesThe given circumstances of Tartuffe are few‚ yet they are essential to the reading of the script. The time of Tartuffe is displayed through several ways: while no specific time is ever mentioned‚ we know that the play takes place sometime after 1640 because the currency mentioned (the Louis) was established in 1640. And since now specific time references are mentioned‚ we can assume the play takes in ’modern times’ i.e. during the time it was written (the 1660’s). The action of
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illusion versus reality‚ a universal appeal to time and place‚ and impeccably suits its own age. Therefore‚ scholars applaud Muliére for his timeless work of Tartuffe which for centuries has been considered to be one literature’s finest masterpieces. Muliére lived through the Age of Elegance or The Age of Reason during the eighteenth century. This was a lavish and luxurious time period. It was also
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Tartuffe Questions Acts I-V Act I 1. Madame Pernelle is leaving because she is dissatisfied how everyone in the household is not paying attention to what she says because they are constantly chattering on and on. 2. Madame Pernelle is dissatisfied with Dorine because she is chatty‚ is “too saucy for a lady’s-maid”(14). She also claims Dorine to be interfering because she always has a say in something. Dorine’s having so many lines implicates that she is one of the more significant characters
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Enlightenment Period During the Enlightenment Period authors found their roles in life were to teach and entertain their audience. In Jean-Baptist Poquelin Moliere’s Tartuffe and Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man‚ both artist achieve the Enlightenment’s goal‚ to teach and entertain. Both writers use satire‚ optimism‚ and emphasis on reason to inform and keep the attention of their audience. There are some regards that Moliere and Pope sacrificed art‚ creativity‚ or entertainment just for educations
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Tartuffe‚ put on by COS and directed by Chris Mangles‚ did a very good job in helping the audience understand the main themes of the play. The main themes that the director were trying to show were that hypocrites are very easy to see through and that only fools would fall for their act. The actors did a very good job with the traits of their character. The actor’s accurate representation of the characters made it even easier for the audience to understand the themes of the work and gave the production
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system not the sun. He also had many inventions which helped future scientists aid their studies of the planets and stars. Galileo also had many discoveries which he published in his Sidereus Nuncius. Galileo Galilei’s discoveries affected the Age of Reason as well as people because of his revolutionary Discoveries‚ his inventions‚ and his encounter with backlash for the church. Galileo had many great
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