Lionel Gossman suggests in his book‚ “Men and Masks: A Study of Moliere”‚ that Orgon uses Tartuffe like a pawn in a game of chess and that with each move there is an ulterior motive. He does this so that way he can control everything and not receive backlash from his family. Granted they get irritated with him‚ but they
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literature that occasionally ridiculed the older ways of life and philosophy. Satire became the main medium by which authors voiced their disagreement with a particular way of thinking. Prominent authors such as Jonathan Swift‚ Voltaire‚ and Jean-Baptiste Moliere used satire heavily in their works to make their opinions on issues
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religious persecution‚ Molière created Tartuffe ‚ a comedy dealing with hypocrisy and to a great extent‚ religion and how religion can be used in a negative way‚ to mask sin. The play is known to be offensive towards the Catholic Church and religion in general. When it was first performed in 1664‚ it was censored‚ it then took 5 years‚ until 1669 for the revised version of the play to be authorised. However it was and still is criticised by the religious community‚ as they believe Molière is attacking faith
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière is credited as saying‚ "I wonder if it is not better to try to correct and moderate men’s passions than to try to suppress them altogether." The playwright attempts to educate the world regarding this theme in his play Tartuffe. Each character in Tartuffe reveals a facet of immoderation that Molière wished to discourage. Perhaps the most obvious example of immoderation in the play is Tartuffe himself. This antagonist is a crafty religious fraud who eventually convinces
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When reading a work of fiction‚ one has to be aware of different writing styles that will clue you into the information that the author wants one to pick up on. In the works‚ Molière ’s "Tartuffe" and Voltaire ’s "Candide" the themes of appearance vs. reality can be found. I will be discussing this theme which is both obvious and subtle depending on the author. I will be discussing the theme of appearance vs. reality. In "Tartuffe"‚ the character "Tartuffe" is touted as a holy zealous man that is
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The Enlightenment era was a time when writers and philosophers spread their ideas to enlighten people using reason. These writers and philosophers believed that humanity would be able to work towards a perfect future when following their philosophy. Some of the stories told to spread ideas of Enlightenment were A Modest Proposal‚ Tartuffe‚ and Candide. In the three stories we have read‚ each writer uses satire to push their message onto their reader‚ without directly stating what they actually want
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While Tartuffe is hilarious play that doesn’t seem to take itself seriously‚ there is various themes we can interpret through this play. Religion is one of most important theme and is the story’s main focus. In a sense‚ Moliere is trying to teach us the difference between a piety fraud and a true Christian through this comedic play. He sees the absurdity and danger of such religious hypocrisy. Throughout the play‚ Tartuffe uses religion as a tool and demonstrated how potent religion can be through
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was banned from public performances in 1664. Threats of excommunication by the Archbishop of Paris was implemented on anyone who performed‚ attended‚ and or reading the play. The play was later granted permission for performance in 1669‚ which gave Moliere the chance to finalize a version of play to
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was censored by King Louis XIV‚ probably due to the influence of the archbishop of Paris‚ Paul Philippe Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe‚ who was the King’s confessor and had been his tutor. Tartuffe‚ written by the French play writer Jean-Baptiste Moliere‚ is a dramatic comedy that with irony‚ exaggerations and powerful comic effects‚ many derived from La Commedia dell’ Arte‚ depicted a cleaver deceitful man that with malicious intent and for personal gain‚ pretended to be very religious and pious
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Molière was before his time. He was inventive with his comedy‚ but he was controversial in his extreme religious settings. Tartuffe was written in mid-17th century France‚ a time where the Catholic Church and royalty were the only true deciding factors in creativity presented to the public. Tartuffe presented characters that were outside the norm and created hypocrisy against the church. The only thing that truly saved him was the king who fought for him and protected Molière on more than one occasion
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