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Moliere's "Tartuffe"


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Moliere's "Tartuffe"
An analysis of Moliere's play, "Tartuffe", and the notion of hypocrisy in the play.
1,930 words (approx. 7.7 pages) | 3 sources | MLA | 2004 United States


Paper Summary:

"Tartuffe" (Hypocrite) became public in the year 1664 for the first time as a three-act play that, when produced, attracted unfavorable denigration from religious factions. This paper discusses the hidden matter or the message of the play in addition to critical analysis from scholarly sources. In the play, one sees hypocrisy of the characters, especially hypocrisy of the main character in the play. However, it is not always clear that what one sees is true, and it is also true that seeing does not always leads to believing. In the play, the writer, Moliere, derided unnecessary godliness that he views as being a true from of hypocrisy; he did not condemn the actions of the pious people, but those who appear to be religious and, thus, are hypocrites.

From the Paper:

"Thus, the hypocrisy that is evidently ridiculed in the play is specifically related to religious hypocrites. In fact, the theme and message of the play is convened to the public by means of satire and comedy in the play. If we go in to the history of the play, the time and the situation when it was written, we come to know that the play was directed most probably at the Company of the Holy reparation. This was a furtive society that was instituted in the year 1627 and the main aims of the society was to oppress unorthodoxy and religious opposition, where other aims concerned with spreading the extreme religious faiths by means of charity as well as other missionary work, in addition to improvement of its well defined standards ethics and morals. In effect, the society was a sort of a representation of a pious police from whom the private lives of the people were no secret."

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APA Citation:

Moliere's "Tartuffe" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Moliere's-Tartuffe/54474

MLA Citation:

"Moliere's "Tartuffe"" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Moliere's-Tartuffe/54474>




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