Rationalism In Tartuffe

Moliere was born in Paris France on January 15, 1622, the son of prosperous middle class, bourgeois parents. At birth he was named Jean-Baptiste Poquelin and later he adopted and known as Moliere. He was known as a happy go lucky child who tends to satirize his mother’s priest in an immature manner. His parents sent him to great schools to be trained in Law, but would later be disappointed by their son’s choice of career path. After the death of his stepmother who he was close to, he tried his best to follow in his father’s footsteps, but his father’s ruthless and stubborn ways drove Moliere further away by age 21. Moliere’s passion however, was the theatre, but his career was in shambles until an unlikely benefactor with an unusual request

On pg. 354 when Organ says, “Yes, strange events which these two eyes be held demands and gratitude is unparallel” Organ finally gets it as he sees Tartuffe in the act and that belief is typical of the rationalism that is associated with the enlighten. The play also has a deep belief in the importance of political stability. Finally, we see the political stability when the king comes in and fixes everything and that is the example of “Deus ex machina” which comes from Greek genre and means a representation of God which would be lowered down onto the stage and fixes everything. Moliere copies that in a way of displaying and resulting conflict in his play. In the end order is restored and everyone is

if Moliere hadn’t taken a stand and giving up in the beginning when all his performances fail, France would still be a dark and remote place with a man simply name Jean Baptiste Poquelin. I admire Moliere’s determination and confidence and I could also relate to his feelings when he wrote his comedies. In my opinions, comedy is a great to bring awareness to a serious situation. He was a social activitist in those days fighting for the rights through plays. I think he not only influenced France but he also had a major on French theatre as well. What Shakespeare is to the English, Moliere is to the French. England and Belgium really accepted and adopted his style of theatre. I can also argue that Moliere is indeed the creator of modern French comedies and I believe losing his mother at such a young age and his estranged relationship with his father forced him to seek solace through comedy and eventually becoming a legend for his