Aliya Hussaini
June 5, 2006
History 1b
Prof. Norberg
TA: Latimer

Tartuffe
In his most notorious play Tartuffe, Molière relates the story of an attempt, by a manipulative hypocrite, to destroy the domestic happiness of a citizen who, charmed by his seeming piety, has taken him into his home as a respectable guest. The play was disallowed after its first performance because it was deemed anti-religion. However this ruling was made unfairly since true religion is never confounded with hypocrisy, but is upheld with warmth, which shows his characteristic hatred of imposture in any shape.
Through out Tartuffe, Molière's play repeatedly states that there is a difference between piety for God and piety for personal gain and that he commends the former and only condemns the latter. From the very onset of the play, in the first act, Cleante, characterized as the voice of reason in the play tells Orgon, the duped main character:
A man who rules the rest by putting up such airs......

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1. Tartuffe
   

   Tartuffe. Moliere's neoclassic comedy, Tartuffe, is a prime example of his expertise
   in the comedic technique. ... Tartuffe is a man of deceit and lust. ... ...

2. Tartuffe
   

   Tartuffe. Moliere's neoclassic comedy, Tartuffe, is a prime example of his expertise
   in the comedic technique. ... Tartuffe is a man of deceit and lust. ... ...

3. Tartuffe
   

   Tartuffe. Tartuffe The play that I attended was Tartuffe by Moliere. ... He believes
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4. Seeing In Tartuffe
   

   Seeing In Tartuffe. When a character in the play Tartuffe talks about seeing, they
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5. Moliere's Tartuffe
   

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