Study Questions: Moliere’s Tartuffe ACT I Please TYPE out your answers in complete sentences. Be mindful of sentence structure and grammar. 1. The opening scene shows Madame Pernelle confronting Orgon’s household and criticizing their lifestyle. In regards to the reader/audience‚ what purpose does this scene fulfill in terms of character analysis? The Purpose that this fulfills is that it indicates what personality the character has. It basically profiles the characters. 2. In
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In Moliere’s comedy Tartuffe‚ The play centers on the family of Orgon‚ a wealthy and impressionable man‚ his central target of ridicule is Orgon. Orgon is Moliere’s character of how man can be so blind in his devotion to a belief that he cannot make a good judgement as to the sincerity of others who would use that belief to deceive him. This play fits into the concept of comedy because all of the elements of comedy are present. It happens that the title character is the villain
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regeneration of religion and religious piety that rose through the colonies of America in the 1700s. The revitalization was much bigger then just religion it could be considered a broad movement. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean an evangelical upsurge was taking place. In protestant cultures during the middle decades of the eighteenth century a new faith began to grow that would encounter the age of enlightenment it confirmed the correctness that in order to truly be religious it meant trusting the
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heaven and compares them to the performance some people project to “prove” they are devoted and more spiritually involved than others. In Act I Scene VI‚ while Cleante expresses his concerns to Orgon about his utter willingness to believe and follow Tartuffe without fail‚ Orgon explains his case of how he came about knowing this holy man and what great man he truly is. He speaks fondly of Tartuffe’s protectiveness over his wife‚ his refusal to take all the money Orgon offers him‚ how he gives a portion
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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. Thorough out Tartuffe‚ Moliere has presented us with characters
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Orgon Discussion In Tartuffe‚ Orgon is having his daughter marry a man that’s not who he seems to be. Although Orgon is easily fooled he becomes overly obsessed at how “perfect” Tartuffe is. This obsession continues to grow until it is finally mastered by Elmire. In the first act we learn how unnatural the beginning of the relationship is when all Orgon could do is rave about Tartuffe. It was to the point that there was absolutely nothing wrong with Tartuffe in the eyes of Orgon. In act 1 scene
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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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Crystal Green Dram 105 Dr. Rodda October 7‚ 2010 Sophocles’ Antigone Sophocles’ Antigone brings to life the underlying culture flaws in the Greek city-states by showing how the idea of filial piety and divine law undermine each other and were used as a means to justify the ends. Athenian citizens enjoyed a wide range of powers of self-governance: citizens elected military leaders and held judicial authority. Every male citizen enjoyed these rights. Women were not considered citizens; they were
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Tartuffe and Hypocrisy In the play Tartuffe‚ Moliere comically portrays how religious hypocrites preyed on innocent individuals of the French society for their own benefits to demonstrate how corrupt a theocratic government can get. Moliere uses common characters to effectively illustrate his argument. Tartuffe satirically represents the church or rather the Charlatans (hypocrites) of the church‚ and Orgon represents a typical God fearing individual. The plot of Tartuffe describes
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increase in expression of popular piety became prevalent at the end of the 11th century during the call for the first crusade by Pope Urban II. Popular piety refers to seeking a closer more personal relationship with God that was based off of emotion and love. This emotive Christianity reflected a shift in the attitudes of medieval society that were continuing to change due to other historical factors happening from the 12th through 15th centuries. The growth of popular piety‚ the ongoing threat of heresy
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