... Orgon and his family and how he is swindled out of all of his money and estates by the hypocrite Tartuffe but ends up getting everything back and Tartuffe goes to prison. These two plays use trust and the idea of proof throughout the entirety of each to teach the lesson that trust and proof ... are powerful things and can have major consequences depending on how they're used but they achieve this through using them ... in both different and similar strategies. In both Othello and Tartuffe the ... end making the play a comedy. The ideas of trust and proof are incredibly important in the...

• Word Count: 1168
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... not only is she another tragic victim in the play, she is also the only hero. The play Tartuffe is quite opposite of Othello and Oedipus the King. Tartuffe is a comedy and the other two plays are tragedies, so the characters in this play have a different motivation throughout the story line. They ... , considering the century that they play is written in, this is not easily accepted by others. She plays the victim in order to convince her husband of Tartuffe's trickery, she consorts with Tartuffe to secure her daughters marriage; she does whatever is in her power to do for the greater go...

• Word Count: 1787
• Approx Pages: 7
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