Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is about a family who has to reveal a religious fraud to the family patriarch. Dorine, one of the main characters who helped devise a plan against Tartuffe provides witty banter, honesty, and directness. Dorine is Mariane’s lady’s-maid and confidant.
Dorine is skeptical of Tartuffe from the beginning and also honest to Orgon about his gullibility. In this time period women were normally passive and compliant to men, but Dorine is outspoken and does not comply to Orgon’s orders. She has the back bone to be vocal and not regret her words because she knows right from wrong and is a realist. An example of this is when she defends Mariane’s underlying wish not to marry Tartuffe. Since, Mariane is the opposite