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 rather than the hero and some of

the elements have been tampered with. In Tartuffe, we

have the classic comic scenario of two lovers, Valere and

Marianne, trying to get together but being thwarted.

However, instead of the villain, Tartuffe is not the one who

is antagonizing them, it is Orgon who gets in the way.

Orgon tries to flatter Tartuffe by offering Marianne to be his

wife. Before it is all over, Orgon ends up giving the deed to

all his land to the......

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Title: Religious Fanaticism
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