JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. He's also a big talker, one who never seems to doubt the truth of anything he says. Be prepared: it's a long section. But how could it not be? A passing observation, but it applies. Is not a face quite different than a mask? Cannot sincerity and cunning art, Reality and semblance, be told apart? Orgon: Enough, by God! Why can you not be rational?
You never Manage to take the middle course, it seems, But jump, instead, between absurd extremes. Plot Summary. All Themes Hypocrisy Reason vs. LitCharts Teacher Editions. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of every Shakespeare play.
Sign Up. Already have an account? Sign in. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. Literature Poetry Lit Terms Shakescleare. The use of a mask in this play seems to represent the way in which individuals tend to give an outward appearance to others that in all actually hide their true nature. He does not go to the prisons to offer his services and only wants to everyone to believe he is a good man. Some characters, like Dorine and Cleante, communicate the concept of a mask in relation to Tartuffe himself.
Though she is just a servant, she possesses an extremely strong personality. She is never fears speaking out against Orgon or anyone else she disagrees with.
He tries to convince Organ that Tartuffe is using him for money and influence. Moreover, he tries to point out to Orgon that there are lots of pious people who live moral lives without making a public show of their piety. Is not a face quite different from a mask? Furthermore, he informs Orgon that he ought to learn how to distinguish between such phony facades and the true intentions of those around him. Nonetheless, Orgon still does not believe Cleante or his advice in reference to Tartuffe.
Interestingly, Tartuffe is not the only one who engages in deception. In two different scenes, a character hides so he can listen in on a conversation of two other between two other individual.
Although, he seems to imply that, within the play, deception is an everyday practice among for both the good and the bad characters. By using the mask as a symbol and the theme of deception, Moliere looks at a variety of societal and family dynamics. As a result, he is able to validate the utilization of deception by means of a mask.
This mask is a role of pecking orders inside the structure of the family. Moliere, a French playwright during the Enlightenment Era, is clearly emphasizing the importance of reason in Tartuffe.
The characters Cleante and the King though his presence is brief are a breath of fresh air in comparison to the hot headed Damis, damsel in distress Mariane, and dense Orgon. However, as Holden stated, it was refreshing to see another Enlightened female character step up to the plate: Elmire. Unsuspectingly, she executed a rational plan and brought her stubborn husband to the light. We see a shift as Dorine takes a backseat in the last two acts and Elmire reveals her potential. At the beginning, Mother in Law Pernelle is all high and mighty yelling at Elmire.
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