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A [[comedy]] by [[Molière]]. | [[Image:Tartuffe.jpg|right|thumb|Tartuffe Costume]]A [[comedy]] by [[Molière]]. | ||
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<i>Tartuffe</i> offers many themes for one to explore. Among them are the dangers of a heirarchy within a family, religious piety and how it can be exploited, and hypocrisy and its effects on the public's view of religion. | <i>Tartuffe</i> offers many themes for one to explore. Among them are the dangers of a heirarchy within a family, religious piety and how it can be exploited, and hypocrisy and its effects on the public's view of religion. | ||
===Religious Piety=== | |||
Often times we forget to use our common sense and we will believe in things that aren't true, especially when we are blinded by trying to get into heaven. Orgon couldn't see Tartuffe for what he really was because of his quest for power within his family and within his religion. Orgon was hoping by allowing a poor religious man to live within his home that he was doing the greater good. If Orgon was just trying to do a good deed, rather than get ahead in the world of power, he would have been able to see Tartuffe for what he really was. Often times when we want something so bad, we fail to see things the way they really are. | |||
=== Hypocrisy === | === Hypocrisy === | ||