Contrasting Moliere 's "Tartuffe" and Voltaire 's "Candide" , each author took a different approach in expressing their true opinions of institutional religion. In "Tartuffe", the main idea of the poem comes from hypocrisy of moderation and religion. In the beginning, we find Madame Pernelle criticizing Orgon 's family and fellow associates about their way of thinking and living. She talks about how they are not living as Tartuffe is and how they are fools to do other wise. In reality, Tartuffe is an ungodly hypocrite who uses his priest identity to mask his crimes and true identity.
As well as, this recognition of Tartuffe's false nature reveals the severity of Orgon’s arrogance. Moliere highlights within the second half of the play, the extremes of pride and how mankind struggles to face it. The theme of pride is accentuated by Orgon’s nature, especially, during
Toussaint Louverture was a strong leader, but was mainly remembered as a Liberator of Slaves, Ruler of Saint Domingue, and Military Commander. Toussaint should be remembered as a liberator to the slaves. He worked to set and keep them free. Toussaint was favored towards the rich white man, but a somewhat unbiased ruler. Toussaint was a strong leader in getting his troops ready for war and not to ever give up.
Moliere states to the King: “ it is a piece of great temerity on my part to come and importune a great monarch in the midst of his glorious conquest” (Moliere, Second Petition). Moliere is captivated by the King and believes that he is not worthy of his time, but seeks assistance regardless. Orgon, in contrast, believes that
Orgon chose to trust Tartuffe more than his own family, to the point where he would give his property to Tartuffe just to retaliate against his family. Tartuffe scams Orgon of his inheritance, yet Orgon is unable to see this. Additionally, Orgon, still blinded by Tartuffe’s supposed piety, later forces his own daughter Mariane to marry Tartuffe, in a desperate attempt
This play centers around the servant Pseudolus, a Greek name which means ‘liar’. It is an apt name for him because he is a skilled liar and a master of mischief. Pseudolus is also extremely intelligent, often more so than his upper class masters Simo and Calidorus. The play Pseudolus is interesting as it depicts a slave (Pseudolus) as
Molière wrote Tartuffe to inform audiences the importance of moderation, common sense, and clear thinking in all areas of life. The author’s unspoken appeal for reason and order in personal interactions and social institutions is the cause of Orgon’s professional and personal life at the hands of Tartuffe. As Molière shows, when individuals such as Orgon ignore common sense and become obsessed with compelling figures, the results can be tragic. The play’s major emphasis is not to judge religion but rather to show the hypocrisy in religion. Damis and Dorine both agree that Tartuffe is a hypocrite, but Madame Pernelle is convince that his a good man and they are just bitter he reminds them of their sins and reveals their moral flaws.
In this play, Tartuffe is explained and described as a religious hypocrite or a “poor man” as stated several times in the fifth scene of act one. Tartuffe being the main character in the entirety of this excerpt, he is a man that is valued and favored by many. Tartuffe is discussed by Orgon, the husband of Elmire, he admires Tartuffe to the point of him being a religious factor in the lives of the people not only in the church, but at home as well. Orgon sees a man who has been ridiculed by many people but does not accept the fact that he is one of the few that highly favors him. “You just don’t see him in the way I do.”
He is a religious hypocrite who makes his way into Orgon’s world and then betrays him. Tartuffe is the focus of everyone’s conversation. It is very obvious at the beginning of the play, that Tartuffe has convinced Madame Pernelle and Orgon that he is a religious, holy, faithful, and humble man. We see the irony when Tartuffe and Elmire are alone and he tries to seduce her. It is evident to the reader and audience.
Throughout Molière’s ‘Tartuffe” the true intentions of multiple characters are consistently questioned. Different characters involve themselves in self-made delusions for specific reasons, causing the label of ‘hypocrite’ to become a significantly used word. This use of the word ‘hypocrite’ throws everything off balance, forcing the audience to question every statement/event deciding whether or not they are truly sincere. Moliere’s use of hypocrisy when describing Tartuffe brings immediate awareness to the text involving central theme of reason verses emotion, deciding whether or not a characters actions were based on their pure heart or their greed.
While reading Tartuffe, I was constantly dumbfounded by the prevalence in the world today of Moliere’s, comedically portrayed, accusations regarding ignorance in arranged marriage, social class dynamics and religious hypocrisy. Moliere created the characters to the complete contrast to what society saw them as, which was intriguing and comedic. He also displayed the average practices, such as planned marriage, to be disgraceful and shameful. Lastly, but most prevalently, Moliere saturated the hypocrisy of religion by later in the story revealing the religious character’s deceitful and malign nature. In this essay, I will be using historic and literary theory to examine Moliere’s interesting views of such practices and the satire involved.
The next symbolism in the narrative are the stones, which is used as the villagers weapon to terrorize and murder each other, Shirley Jackson describes the day of the lottery holding saying “the morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day”, “the people of the village began to gather in the square”(290).then Shirley Jackson narrates the symbol subtly narrating “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stone, and the other boys soon followed, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones”(290). the stones symbolizes death in the story and first introduced as a foreshadow in the beginning of the short story and once story goes further and then it unfolds that the stones are collected to kill whoever
Orgon is blinded by his admiration of Tartuffe. Without Orgon seeing for himself, he would never believe that Tartuffe could have deceived him. Moliere makes Tartuffe betrays others by his remarkable gestures of humiliation and aid. Moliere uses satire to emphasize the truth about Tartuffe’s lust for Elmire.
Dian Cécht, or Diancecht, is the Irish Celtic god of healing. He is the primary physician for the Tuatha Dé Danann, an Irish race of gods which were founded by the goddess Danu. He is also known as Cainte or Canta, and he is the father of several children including his son Miach. Dian Cécht is a protector of anyone who receives any wound from another person because he believes that an aggressor should take responsibility for their actions and be punished accordingly. It is interesting to note that a porridge, called “Diancecht’s Porridge,” was used for colds and flu in Ireland until 8 B.C. To understand one of the primary myths associated with Dian Cécht it is important to understand the relationship between him and his son Miach.
The enlightenment thinkers believed that each person should think for themselves and not believe everything based on religious beliefs. The citizens started to bring into the light the abuse of the clergy. This is evident in Tartuffe. The power of deception is seen throughout the play. Deception is not always bad.
