— Discuss the theme of appearances or masks in Tartuffe? How does the issue of appearances vs. reality connect with the central concerns of the play?
— Discuss the role of Dorine, Mariane’s lady maid. What kind of servant is she? What role does she play in the action of the drama?
— How is the institution of marriage treated in Tartuffe? What are some of the models or ideals of marriage that are raised by Moliere or his characters?
— Describe the character of Orgon. Why do you think he’s so vulnerable to Tartuffe?
— Can you think of a contemporary example of the kind of religious hypocrisy exemplified in Tartuffe?
— Describe one aspect of the play that seems very modern to you and one that seems very dated or old-fashioned.
Discuss the role of Dorine, Mariane’s lady maid. What kind of servant is she? What role does she play in the action of the drama?
Dorine is mother type figure to mariane in my eyes because throughout the play she gives Mariane advice on what to do with her life. In the beginning of the play Dorine confronts Mariane about her decision to listen to her farther and marry Tartuffe and talks to her like a mother would about how she is making the wrong decision on not speaking up to her farther about her feelings and that her heart lies with Damis.
She is a direct person who has no intention to keep her mouth quiet when she has an opinion. she does not care if its Orgon or Mariane she will input her thoughts even when people do not want to hear them.
I agree with Lautaro. During this time period maids were seen as a motherly figure. It was common for this to happen especially if the family was wealthy like this one. The parents usually higher someone to take care of the house and the children. In this case that is Dorine, she gives advice to Mariane and helps her with whatever troubles that may lie and she believes that she is right.
Discuss the role of Dorine, Mariane’s lady maid. What kind of servant is she? What role does she play in the action of the drama?
Dorine is a kind, clever, and capable character. First, she is very care about her Lady, Mariane. She is very loyal to her and has deep friendship with each other. She always tries to protect Mariane and provided her a lot of helps. In the article, she helps Mariane and her lover get back together. We can feel her passion for her Lady. When Orgon persuade her daughter to marry Tartuffe, she dares to express her opinions so she can help Mariane and her Lover. Also, she can distinguish between right and wrong easily and she not afraid anyone. Once she thinks he or she is wrong, she will insist on her own ideas no matter who it is. She is good at observation because she can see clearly Tartuffe’s evil heart.
The role that Dorine plays in the drama is she prompting Orgon to wake up quickly. Second, she made Tartuffe’s ugly face exposed and against these religious hypocrites. Third, the drama tells the justice of morality by Dorine’s mouth. Forth, change the way that people used to think about maids because Dorine has a certain power in the house. The last one is her role promote the development of the story.
— Discuss the theme of appearances or masks in Tartuffe? How does the issue of appearances vs. reality connect with the central concerns of the play? Throughout the play Tartuffe is essentially two different people. Around Orgon he acts very religious and well mannered. While on the other hand, while around the rest of the characters, especially Elmire the wife of Orgon he acts in a total different way. While around Elmire he professes his love for her and how beautiful she is. All Tartuffe has to do around Orgon however is act religiously and Orgon can not see through it, he believes his every word until the very end.
— Discuss the role of Dorine, Mariane’s lady maid. What kind of servant is she? What role does she play in the action of the drama? Dorine is a a lady maid with a big mouth. At times due to this she often clashed with Orgon. Throughout, her main goal is to do what is right for Mariane, and that is Mariane marrying Valere instead of Tartuffe. She cpntinuously tries to help Marianne marry him throughout the play, and get rid of Tartuffe as well.
— How is the institution of marriage treated in Tartuffe? What are some of the models or ideals of marriage that are raised by Moliere or his characters? The institution of marriage is somewhat disregarded by Orgon because he is forcing his daughter for much of the play to marry Tartuffe. By most other characters, including Dorine and Marianne, they take the institution of marriage very seriously, which is why they try so hard to get Marianne married to Valere.
— Describe the character of Orgon. Why do you think he’s so vulnerable to Tartuffe? He, for much of the play is fixated with Tartuffe, because he sees him as a godly man that can do no wrong. I believe his faith allows him to be so vulnerable to Tartuffe, because he believes that Tartuffe is an embodiment of what he himself is trying to be.
— Can you think of a contemporary example of the kind of religious hypocrisy exemplified in Tartuffe?
When Tartuffe is extremely flirtatious with Elmire and is essentially coming on to her. this goes against all his so called religious values that he constantly espouses.
— Describe one aspect of the play that seems very modern to you and one that seems very dated or old-fashioned.
The part that is very old fashioned is Orgon marrying off his daughter, this is a feature that rarely happens nowadays. A part that is somewhat modern is the idea of brainwash or fraudulence. Tartuffe wrongly preyed on Orgon for his niceness and willingness to bring a peasant so close to him. Tartuffe schemed him and Orgon almost had to pay with his household and all his belongings at the end.
Describe the character of Orgon. Why do you think he’s so vulnerable to Tartuffe?
The character of Orgon is basically fixed and he is really old mind thinking, which he is a religious man that treat the religion as the most important thing in his life. Orgon blindly believes in Tartuffe because Tartuffe is someone work for god, and which can guide Orgon’s life and life after death. Therefore, Orgon is vulnerable to Tartuffe, and Orgon will let Tartuffe to destroy his family’s life pattern. Tartuffe is abusing his power by telling Orgon he work for god, and he is the right man to trust. Even Orgon has his own thought of anything, which it will be easy manipulate by Tartuffe by Orgon’s piety to god. Orgon is a puppet of Tartuffe because he trust religion so deep that he can’t express his own because it can be wrong. Tartuffe is in charge of Orgon’s life because Orgon devote himself to religion and led such hypocrite stranger to ruin his life.
I agree with this. Orgon is growing old and he started to realize that he probably don’t have a lot of time left and need to start preparing for the afterlife. He wasn’t religious throughout his life time so he didn’t know what to do and that’s when he found Tartuffe. Tartuffe made him feel that he’s a holy person and can help him do good deeds. Throughout history religion played a big role in controlling people and it was pretty much same in this case. Orgon was too blind to realize all the things that Tartuffe was doing in the name religion. Orgon also didn’t want to suspect him of doing anything wrong because it might be a sinful act to blame a pious man.
Describe one aspect of the play that seems very modern to you and one that seems very dated or old-fashioned.
One aspect of the play that seems modern to me in the family drama that is taking place in the play. Scene one begins with a conversation between Madam Pernelle and her daughter-in-law and her grandchildren concerning their lifestyle, way of living and their thoughts towards Tartuffe staying with them and being in charge. The grandmother felt that the morals of her daughter in law are not benevolent nor beneficial to her grandkids and they are better off learning from the Spiritual advisor Tartuffe. In the modern world, Mother in law and daughter in law relationships are parallel to the relationship between Madam Pernelle and Elmire in the play. Mother in law’s feel like the daughter-in-laws are not good enough to make decisions in their home, marriage or children lives (if they have any).
One aspect that seems old-fashioned in this play would be the Orgon’s inviting Tartuffe to stay in his home and be in control. Not many individuals today would invite a Pastor/Spiritual Figure to stay in their home, let alone make decisions for them. Today people are moving more towards being more secular than religious.
I see Dorine as a narrator in some ways. During the lover’s quarrel, she comes in and explains how wrong they are. She also provides a comedic aspect to many of the dramatic scenes, i.e. Orgon’s marriage proposal of Tartuffe to his daughter. Dorine, as the “sassy servant,” also shows how unsusceptible she is to Tartuffe’s “charms”.
Finally, when Orgon realizes how hypocritical Tartuffe is, Dorine says “I told you so” in her line “poor man.” This is what Orgon said to her when she was telling him of his family’s illnesses and Tartuffe’s adventures. Dorine also hints that Orgon deserved all that was coming to him because of how blind he was to his family’s warnings of Tartuffe.
Evidently, when Orgon is told he must abandon his house to Tartuffe, Dorine continues her backtalk in threatening the bailiff. She plays her role as a very open narrator until the end of the play.
— Describe the character of Orgon. Why do you think he’s so vulnerable to Tartuffe?
Organ the head, Organ is a funny character. Believe in God is most important and it is his duty to follow the path to achieve the Paradise.Organ finds a true believer of God in church. Organ tried to use Tartuffe to find Heaven by giving all the power of his as a family head to lead them to the Heaven. Organ has said he wants to get the Heaven by following Tartuffe command. Tartuffe the pretender, he kind of hypnotize Organ by his fake God devoted behavior, where Organ has fallen on the trap which made by Tartuffe. Tartuffe uses his religious nature to impress Organ and get in to the family,made a huge changes on others life. Organ was giving his daughter to Tartuffe’s hand to secure his place to Heaven. At the end Organ found the actual face of the hypocrite.
In Tartuffe by Moliere, there are multiple contemporary examples that exemplifies hypocrisy like Tartuffe. This is a broad example but there are many Christians today who remind me of Tartuffe. I use to attend a Methodist Christian church growing up, and have witnessed several “Tartuffe’s” in my life. There were members of the church who would follow this persona of a “christian” on Sundays. Although on any other days this Christian mask is taken off. They would only have this mask on in front of the other church members. Just like how in the story, Tartuffe only had this religious ‘mask’ on in front of Orgon and his mother. These supposed “Christians” would tell others to follow religious rules, but don’t follow their own advice. Exactly like how Tartuffe would give advice on how to create this religious appearance, but when Orgon or his mother arent around he would go against his word such as lusting over Elmire.
— How is the institution of marriage treated in Tartuffe? What are some of the models or ideals of marriage that are raised by Moliere or his characters?
At that time, most young people followed their parents’ order to get married. Orgon wanted his daughter, Mariane, married with Tartuffe that Mariane didn’t love to get the fame from this marriage. However, Tartuffe loved Elmire. He also wanted to replace the Damis and get the Orgon’s property. Tartuffe was ambitious and greedy. According to the article, we can know that the author prefered to freedom to choose one’s spouse, like the true love between Mariane and Valere because Mioliere gave a happy ending at the end.
–Describe the character of Orgon. Why do you think he’s so vulnerable to Tartuffe?
Orgon is a man of wealth and the head of his household who strongly believes he can lead himself and his family into heaven by doing good deeds without the good intention of his heart. This belief causes him to be completely deceived by Tartuffe and almost leaves him with nothing to his name and just his family. The reasoning behind Orgon allowing Tartuffe to live with him and having a strong impact on his family was because Tartuffe played the role of him being a man of god quite well enough to hoodwink Orgon and his mother Madam Pernelle, Two of the most important people in any household. Orgon having the thought of Tartuffe as a man of god made him firmly believe he and his family had found a way into heaven by listening to what Tartuffe would say. Giving Tartuffe control of the household when Orgon would not be present confirms how susceptible Orgon was to him. As well as catering to Tartuffe’s needs and most importantly, almost allowing him to marry his daughter because of how gracious he thought Tartuffe was. There was no intention of helping a poor man get his life back together but rather thinking Tartuffe was a one way ticket into heaven. This was proven when Orgon cared more about what Tartuffe needed rather than his own family, although Orgon is a caring man who just wanted the best for himself and his family.
— Describe the character of Orgon. Why do you think he’s so vulnerable to Tartuffe?
Orgon was the father of the household and as the father it is his job to be the leader and the role model to his family members. He is clearly a wealthy individual given the amount of servants and maids he has. Orgon, however, did not seem to be a very powerful character in the story at all. He was tricked and taken advantage of by Tartuffe. Also his mother seemed to have a lot of control or power throughout the story. I think Orgon is vulnerable to Tartuffe because he is worried about his afterlife. Orgon fears hell and the punishments he may receive after death. He thinks if he connects himself to someone pious and righteous he may earn himself a place in the world to come. This also shows that Orgon is, for the most part, a selfish character Unfortunately for him, Tartuffe was not able to help Orgon because he was an imposter.
Describe the character of Orgon. Why do you think he’s so vulnerable to Tartuffe
Orgon is the worst person in the entire universe. It’s not only imature, undecided, uneducated, false religious, and has mental problems but algo had not feelings against others. He said, “ my mother, children, brother could die and I would not feel any pain” a person with has no feelings agains family loses respect from everyone, He felt isolated from everyone, no one wanted him because of his arrogance. He felt to attached to tariffs due to the reason that eart was not his place, but he tried to find a better place with was religion. But it didn’t work out well, his blindness was to extreme that there’s no words to describe it. No wonder why tartuff was taking his place.
In “Tartuffe” by Molière we have an antagonist Tartuffe that uses his piety as a mask to disguise his true intentions, he uses his mask of piety to manipulate those around him. In the play Tartuffe manipulates Orgon who is a father and the head of his house. Tartuffe himself is an example of a hypocrite, he preaches piety but in reality, he is only using it to hide his own intentions, that are contradictory to his preaching.
For a contemporary context of similar behaviors, we can look at politics, religion, people of wealth, people of fame, or people of just about any walk of life. Looking at religion, we see Muslim extremist that claim to be fighting for the faith and its people. They claim to be spreading the faith but in reality, are using the faith for their own social, political, or financial gains, nowhere we see them spreading messages of the critical points of the faith but we constantly see the scary and violent propaganda they create and the constant acts of violence they carry out against civilians (civilians across the whole world, and even within their own countries). The act of “warfare” they use have no religious standing in the faith, through these acts they are violating dozens of Islamic rules and are directly part taking in sin. There are many factors that go into the creation of these groups and the recruitment of their followers, “most” of it being due to the political, economic, and social problems occurring in the regions these groups exist.
Looking at the political landscape we have members of office who are running on platforms to improve their regions, but are catering to large companies and their own agendas. Not to bash our President Donald Trump, but this man can be held accountable for numerous examples of hypocrisy. Trump has many bad characteristics and has some of his own motives (who doesn’t), but still has a desire to make this country better so for this reason I do not mean my comments in a strongly negative manner. But I will still use one of his funnier moments as an example of hypocrisy. During trumps campaign he insulted former President Barack Obama for the number of golfing trips he had taken during his presidency, yet trump has already played golf more times than Obama at the same point during his presidency.
Examples can be identified virtually anywhere, any area of life, any profession, any position of power, any religion, etc… People are hypocrites, some people for their own motives like in Tartuffes case, and others
— Can you think of a contemporary example of the kind of religious hypocrisy exemplified in Tartuffe?
— Describe the character of Orgon. Why do you think he’s so vulnerable to Tartuffe?
Orgon is a very stubborn person. He only believes in the people and things he trusts, and that the other party is lying.No matter how others persuade him, he will not wake up.He admired Tartuffe very much because of Tartuffe seems very noble and devotional. He felt that the surface he saw was full of facts. He also lacks the ability to distinguish between good and bad people. Once he believes someone is a good person, all those who oppose him are bad people.Only when he saw Tartuffe’s ugly behavior with his own eyes, he was willing to believe that he was a bad man.