... accepted by mot of Orgon's family members, he continues to live in their house through Orgon's patronage. This indicates that Tartuffe already controls the household through Orgon's power. Tartuffe is not an example of a religious believer, but an example of a religious hypocrite. Moliere's Tartuffe is a play emphasizing stubbornness, deceit, reputation, integrity, and the ability to be blinded by something that we see as ... it can be deceiving. Simply making a positive judgment of a person's personality based on his or her outlook can also affect one's life deeply. This is what happen...

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... 17th century; France Neo-Classicalism. This was that was also a period of Age of Reason and the Enlightenment. Moliere's Tartuffe is a comedy. One of Moliere's Tartuffe major themes was a conflict between reason and passion. Throughout the play reason and passion was continuously used or referred to. ... . Passion takes over Orgon throughout this play. Orgon is clear of his reason, but go with his passion, when he accepts Tartuffe into his home and treats Tartuffe better than his family, which causes disorder in the family. Because Orgon goes with passion over reason, he is deceived and ...

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