Tower Of Babylon Symbolism Analysis

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Symbolism – the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
The Tower of Babylon: In Act 1, Scene 1, Madame Pernelle scolds everyone for being immoral and corrupted. The Tower of Babylon is an allusion to the story in the Bible in which the people could not understand each other, and were scattered all over the place.
The Catholic Church: The Catholic Church plays a huge important role in the lives of Tartuffe’s characters. It represents traditional values of religion to the characters. Moreover, the Church was so empowering in seventeenth-century France, so it also symbolizes the call to obedience and order. Tartuffe uses this powerful symbol in order to control the characters around him, especially Orgon.
The King: Like the Church, the