Essays on Tartuffe

Orgon was so taken in by Tartuffe that he put aside his feelings for his family because he wanted to be under Tartuffe’s tutelage. He believed that Tartuffe was a soulful, humbled man. The family though is unable to see the great influence of Tartuffe…

As professor Adamson mentioned in the class, a drama contains all five elements: characters, action, spectacle, thought, and audience. In a play, characters are performed by actors who are responsible for establishing something intangible to a more solid form of expression from cold scripts. For…

The French Neoclassical Era was a time period that stood out to me throughout this semester. After researching Tartuffe further, I found that weakness and blindness were driving forces in the play and wanted to explore each character’s role in those flaws. It is human…

Because in the early history of the theater, people usually came to be seen than to see a play, which resulted in very rude and disturbing audiences. Therefore authors, like Moliere, had to create a dramatic opening in their plays to catch the attention of…

In the play, Tartuffe, Orgon is swindled by the villainous Tartuffe, who manipulates Orgon into giving him his estate, wealth, and almost his daughter’s hand in marriage. Written by Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere, the work is an important piece of comedic work and, like Shakespeare,…

Though love is regarded as a universal human emotion, it has a different meaning to various people. It is widely recognized as a variety of states, feelings, and attitudes that span from pleasure to interpersonal affection. In some instances, it is regarded as an intense…

Production Book: Tartuffe Reimagined I have recently read Tartuffe, by Moliere as part of Introduction to Theater at Wheaton College. This play, more than most of the others that we studied, struck me as a timeless. There are aspects of this play that apply to…