In Tartuffe‚ written by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere‚ a man named Tartuffe fools Orgon‚ the wealthy head of the household. Orgon takes in Tartuffe and treats him as if he was of blood relation and is blinded by the façade he puts on of being a good‚ moral‚ and righteous man. In reality‚ Tartuffe is a hypocrite and a self-righteous one at that. The only people who notice Tartuffe’s façade are everyone but Orgon and he will not listen to their complaints. As the play progresses Orgon keeps refusing
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In Tartuffe‚ a play by Moliere‚ one of the main characters named Orgon brings in a hypocrite named Tartuffe‚ who is the antagonist of the play‚ into his household. Tartuffe pretends to be very religious and Orgon falls for his act. The scene I am selecting consists of Cleante‚ Organs’ brother-in-law‚ trying to convince Orgon of Tartuffe’s deceit . Cleante‚ in a secondary role in the play‚ is actually a strong character who voices reason to stabilize the conflicts of other individuals in the household
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Tartuffe Analysis Prior to and during the development of Tartuffe there were many occurrences that shaped theatre. In 1660‚ theatres open up again after 18 years of being closed by English Parliament. Charles II‚ who allowed the theatres to reopen‚ also allowed for the first time in history‚ women were permitted on the stage. Aphra Behn‚ who was born in 1640‚ would become the first professional female playwright. Female playwrights would soon become more common in 1695. During this time of theatre
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Tartuffe was written in 1664 by Moliere. The play was performed in front of King Louis XIV in 1664 as 3 different acts. Its official 5 act version did not come out until 1669. The word Tartuffe was brought into the English language vocabulary to show someone who is very hypocritical. Tartuffe is all about wealthy people and the problems they have to deal with. Its major focus is on people with no common sense that fail at something but then come out with a serious result. The different responses
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themselves. We see this occur in “Tartuffe”‚ a play written by Moliere‚ where Tartuffe gives off this image of being such a pious man. He is accepted into the household because Madame Pernell and Orgon mostly care about how outsiders perceive them. However‚ at some point the truth comes out and people see the real you. In this comedy of manners play‚ Moliere tries to show how during this time their culture being superficial is what they are concerned about the most. Since Tartuffe is such a “religion man
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instance‚ Tartuffe attempts to get Orgon arrested‚ but the King reasoned that Tartuffe was the one to get arrested. Ignorance is also avoided through reasoning‚ where Dorine‚ who is Marianes maid‚ seems to be very ignorant‚ presumably because of her low social class. The story however shows that DORINE
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Tartuffe was written by a well-known French playwright named Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière. According to the Eight Plays by Molière‚ “he is the unquestioned champion” in the genre of dramatic comedy (Bishop vii). Tartuffe was first presented in the festival of Versailles as a three-act play. It is about a hypocrite‚ named Tartuffe‚ who poses as a religious and pious man in order to gain trust‚ so he can manipulate people around him. Orgon wants to be closer to God‚ so he accepted Tartuffe into his
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children‚ and an unstructured disruptive environment. But‚ what if these common stereotypes did not exist and the family was still dysfunctional? In the literary writings Tartuffe and The Death of Ivan Ilyich‚ we will explore the different family dynamics and how being dysfunctional plays a part in their lives. In Tartuffe‚ the matriarch of the family is Madame Pernelle‚ and she does not hold her tongue when speaking her mind to her family. As she so states‚“ You‚ boy‚ grow more foolish every
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Atwater v City of Lago Vista (2001) was a case concerning the fourth amendment. This case was where the defendant Atwater was arrested for a seat belt violation. O’Connor wrote the dissent that the arrest was unreasonable. O’Connor stated “…pointless indignity’ that served no discernible state interest and yet holds that her arrest was constitutionally permissible (Electronic Privacy Information Center‚ 2005).” She implies that if an officer believes someone committed a crime in their presence they
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The BBC documentary ‘Welcome to Lagos’ is a series which explores life at the sharp end of one of the most extreme urban environments in the world: Lagos‚ Nigeria. At first sight one would assume this slum city is a rough‚ lawless‚ dangerous place. It is easy to assume that. Through this documentary we get to see what an everyday looks like for those who DO live and work there. It is amazing to see these individuals practice resilience‚ they are people to admired rather than pitied. This film expresses
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