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    Tartuffe Mariane’s maid Dorine is a contradiction to the role or placement of women on a major and minor scale . From her persona to her actions dorine ‚is unafraid as a servant to speak her mind or place herself in a position that makes her seem equivalent to her superior or superiors. Fearless and honest‚ Dorine’s character in the play Tartuffe challenges the traditional biased of domestic roles of the female gender in general or in a whole during this period of time. “Don’t interrupt

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    the characters of Iago and Krogstad played a major role and are mostly to blame for the disintegration of the marriages. I agree that it was a man in both cases that caused the relationships to crumble‚ but which man is really to blame? In Othello‚ Iago is a villainous person who is filled with hatred‚ jealousy and an undeniable lust for power. He influences and manipulates everyone close to him for the sole purpose of destroying their lives. Motivated by hate and jealousy‚ Iago begins his manipulative

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    Cleante: A True Enlightenment Man Moliere’s Tartuffe is from 17th century France‚ during the Enlightenment‚ or the Age of Reason. The type of Enlightenment in the western culture differed from the Eastern Asian philosophies. Enlightenment thinkers put faith in reason and analysis in the Western culture. Tartuffe was born to a culture that valued the age of rationalism‚ or practical thinking‚ which had gradually departed from religious beginnings. Furthermore‚ people in Paris were interested

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    Wooden1 Tartuffe Moliere’s Tartuffe‚ displays a hypocritical character who hides behind his so-called pity and uses it as a mask to get his desires. This character‚ Tartuffe‚ is a hypocrite who desires money and power and projects a false image. This comedy deals with disguise and religious hypocrisy. Tartuffe claims to be a godly man when in reality he is a manipulative man who uses his piety as a strength to get what he wants. In this story‚ Tartuffe convinces Orgon and Madame Pernelle that he

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    Theme of Deception in Tartuffe Throughout time‚ man has used many forms of deception to get what they want. Moliere’s play Tartuffe is a classical story about deception and how a “mask” is used to hide someone’s true intentions. Moliere applies the idea of a mask and a theme of deception to exploit the power struggles within a traditional household. The character Tartuffe employs deception so he can achieve social and economical standings while Elmire‚ Mariane‚ and Dorine use deception to defy

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    Moliere Creates Modern Comedy Author: Laun‚ Henri Van Moliere Creates Modern Comedy 1659 The seventeenth century was the period of a very remarkable literary outburst in France‚ an outburst which has done much to mould French genius of more recent times. The latter part of the century‚ which has been called the Augustan age of France‚ the age of Louis XIV‚ has certainly been but seldom equalled in the number and variety of the writers who adorned it. Yet it owes much of its brilliancy

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    Othello vs. Iago

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    Also written by Shakespeare‚ it is apparent in Othello. Two characters like Iago and Othello fight a silent battle except Othello has no clue about Iago’s powerful despise and envy to him. It is clearly evident that Othello symbolizes a hero while Iago adores the role as a villain. Their inconsistent characteristics are what separate the two from each other. Throughout the beginning Acts I and II of Othello‚ Othello and Iago differ greatly in their integrity and devotion towards others. Othello

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    Iago/Othello: The Main Character The whole Iago verses Othello on who’s the main character of this tragedy has been going on for decades. Iago is a manipulative‚ revenge seeking‚ nefarious villain; although he seeks all this attention he is not of great importance in my opinion. Othello is the main character in Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Othello for a number of reasons some of them being; without him there would be no play everything revolves around him‚ the title of this play is his

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    Tartuffe is a play written by Moliere. This setting takes place in Orgons family house in Paris‚ France in 1664. This setting/atmosphere of this play takes place when King Louis the XIV reigned. The characteristics in this play demonstrate a comedy. There are two specific types of comedy featured‚ comedy of manner and a satire. The main theme in this poem is reason vs. passion. Orgon and Damis are the characters that are “hot headed” and choose passion over reason‚ while Elmire‚ Cleante and Dorine

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    The comedy Tartuffe‚ written by Jean-Babtiste Moliere‚ is undoubtedly a satire; the question is what is the poem a satire of: the Catholic religion itself‚ or the hypocrites within the Church and their corruption? I believe the latter to be the focus of Moliere’s commentary. It is apparent throughout Tartuffe that Moliere has an admiration for religion‚ as practiced by genuinely pious and humble individuals. Cleante is a character who personifies rationality throughout the play. His character

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