... Throug! h these characters Moliere is able to attack the religious hypocrisy. In the finale of Tartuffe, Moliere uses a common literary technique during the Neo-classical period called, "Deux Ex Machina." A French term in which all the character's problems are solved by some miracle. The king made the intervention. Although it is very unrealistic it was a way of praising the monarch. In ... , or optimism versus pessimism. Ibsen is a realist; he depicts modern problems by presenting the entire picture of a situation. A brilliant example of the Realistic movement is found in Dostoyevsky's m...

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