“Practices precisely what he preaches. He’s a fine man and should be listened to.” It is surprising to almost every character in this play that such a wealthy man looks up to a man that has not reached his standard. It’s as if Orgon and his mother Madame Pernelle has been hypnotized by Tartuffe. These two characters see a side of Tartuffe that no one else sees. One can say that the situation that takes place in Act I and Act II symbolizes hypocrisy and delusion. I say this because Tartuffe is pretending to be a person he isn’t, he gives Madame Pernelle and Orgon an impression that he is a poor man of God. So they believe he deserves what they consider a better life, than he already lives. Orgon and his mother symbolize delusion, they never witnessed his actual personality, and I doubt that they ever tried to or even questioned if that is the way he really is. Orgon puts Tartuffe before his family and thinks it would be best for his daughter to marry him by force.

Not only in this case, but hypocrisy always brings delusion. When someone changes their ways and acts differently from how they naturally are to satisfy others it is considered being a hypocrite. The one who receives satisfaction does not try to question or view the hypocrite as anything else but what they think they are.