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Manipulation And Deceit In Moliere's Tartuffe

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Through Manipulation and Deceit As we all travel through this thing we call life, there are many people that we cross paths with. Many people whom will become spread across almost a spectrum of categorical roles to play, some of which will become just aquantences, some friends, some family, some closer than friends or family could possibly ever be, as well as some others would still go on to continue to be strangers. No matter where these people are that we meet or where they become placed within our lives, there is always more to them that what is visible from the surface. Today I am here to discuss how people can have so many differences from one another, along the lines of depiction and role of character, integrity, as well as the rationalization …show more content…

In Moliere’s Tartuffe, Dorine is seen to be this almost arrogant, witty, smart mouthed maid. No matter how much she does conform to this description, Dorine is also a person of loving and moral integrity. Dorine goes out of her way to make sure that Mariane knows that Dorine has her back when it comes to her father, Orgon’s change of wedding plans, by trying different ways to get Orgon to realize his mistake and pushing the boundaries of her social role within the family to the point of physical punishment by Orgon, to make sure that Mariane will get to marry her boyfriend, Valere. In Racine’s Phaedra, Oenone is portrayed to be this caring, nurturing, and worried mother-like care taker of Phaedra. When in reality, as soon as Phaedra speaks the truth of her love for Hippolytus, Oenone turns from the loving caring mother-nurse, to basically this corrupt, poisonous shrew of a nymph that tends to whisper into Phaedra’s ear that the god’s planned this, that Theseus’ death is her window of opportunity to run to Hippolytus and confess to him the reason as to why; since the moment they met at her and his father, Theseus’s wedding that she didn’t want him around Athens. And, as soon as Oenone talked Phaedra into confessing her love to Hippolytus, she was also installing into Phaedra’s mind that even if something went wrong with the lover’s confession that Oenone would cover up the mess with Theseus. Even though both characters show integrity, the obvious differentiating views of integrity between these two characters can effortlessly be seen by the reader to determine which character is more honest and loyal towards their masters, and which character is more loyal towards themselves to gain some type of accomplishment that isn’t even relevant to the character and their love for whom they

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