In Tartfuffe, opportunism and hypocrisy are the fundamentals of the relationship between Orgon and Tartuffe. Tartuffe was a poor peasant before he came into Orgon’s house. On the contrary, Orgon was of significant possession as a merchant and the king server, which, thus, incentivized Tartuffe to approach Orgon in an effort to escape his poverty. Likewise, Tartuffe with his admirable piety became Orgon’s access to religion, as described in his conversation with Cleante in Act 1.5:
“He knew what I needed, so he blessed me.
I found his acolyte, he’d so impressed me,”

Despite Orgon’s conviction for Tartuffe, the bond between them had always been manipulated by Tartuffe’s hypocrisy. All but Orgon and Madame Pernelle were aware of this fact – the maid Dorine, the brother-in-law Cleante, the daughter Mariane, and the son Damis. Thus, Orgon’s extreme ignorance of Tartuffe’s deceptive scheme became the plausible yet ironical element throughout the play. Orgon vouched for Tartuffe’s holiness to a point where he lost all his senses. In act 1.4, after coming home from a two-day trip, the first thing that sprang to Orgon’s mind was Tartuffe. He continued to interrogate Dorine about the condition of Tartuffe, while entirely ignoring that his wife was indeed in serious sickness:
Orgon:… Now don’t hold back. Has everyone been well?
Dorine: Not quite. There was that hadache Madame had
The day you left. Well it got really bad.
She had a fever-
Orgon: And Tartuffe?
Dorine: He’s fine-
Orgon: Poor man
Obviously, in juxtaposition with Elmire, Tartuffe accounted for a larger part of Orgon’s concern.

In contemporary society, relationships that resemble that of Orgon and Tartuffe, are not unusual, yet difficult to detect. The definition of a true friendship is eroded in the world dominated by desire for money, power and superficiality. Friends become opportunists, which happens more than often in politics. Hilary Clinton, in her presidential campaign in 2008, underwent the worst stage of her political career, seeing her many counterparts, who previously received helps from the Clinton, cling to her competitor Barack Obama. The failure of Clinton’s campaign reaffirmed the detrimental consequences of relationships based on opportunism and hypocrisy on one’s life and career.