... 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...

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