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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
''''Tartuffe'''' was written during a time when the word of the Church was the word of law. Typically, the Church was very corrupt. | ''''Tartuffe'''' was written in 1664 during a time when the word of the Church was the word of law. Typically, the Church was very corrupt. The Company of the Holy Sacrament was a Catholic group who beleived in good deeds and have beliefs like the puritans. The were big on the placement of "spiritual advisors" into the homes of people. The group in particular did not like the play because it made Tartuffe, a spiritual advisor, a scoundrel and not a pious man. | ||
==Themes== | ==Themes== | ||