Tartuffe

Tartuffe

The play that I attended was Tartuffe by Moliere. This was a seventeenth century french comedy. The play was very interesting to watch. It proceeded all my expectations because I though it was going to be a boring play. However, I found it to be very excited because it kept you wondering what was going to happen next. This play was mainly about a father wanting his daughter to get married to a man that she did not love.

In the play the Orgon, the father, wants his daughter to get married to a man named Tartuffe. He believes that Tartuffe is a man of great dignity and honor. Orgon's daughter, Mariane, does not want to marry Tartuffe. In fact, she is already in love with a man named Valere. Mariane knows that Tartuffe is not the man her father thinks he is, but she does not stand up to her father and tell him this. The maid, Dorine, and Damis,, the son, seeks to show Orgon the lying and deceiving Orgon.

Later in the play, Tartuffe arrives and makes some professions of love to Elmire, Orgon's wife, and suggest that they become lovers. Damis, Orgon's son, heard everything and threatens to tell his father everything. He actually ended up telling his father, but Orgon believes that Damis was trying to defame Tartuffe good name. Orgon was so blind that he did not see through Tartuffe and decided to disinherit his son. He later puts Tartuffe in his will and sign his entire sole heir over to him.

After hearing this Elmire to show Orgon the real Tartuffe. She tells Orgon to hide while she and Tartuffe talk. Tartuffe began to proclaim his love for Elmire again and also says some dirty things about Orgon. After hearing this, Orgon finally is convinced and him orders Tartuffe from his household. However, Tartuffe mentions that he is now the owner of the house since Orgon signed his sole heir over to him.

Finally, Orgon mother's has arrived, but she does not believe what they