Tartuffe (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
- First Published: 1669
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: Paris, France
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: Family or family life, France or French people, Religion, Paris, Seventeenth century, Impostors or imposture
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
Tartuffe (tahr-TEWF), a religious hypocrite and impostor who uses religious cant and practices to impose on the credulity of a wealthy man who befriends him. To acquire money and cover deceit, he talks of his hair shirt and scourge, prayers, and distributing alms. He also disapproves of immodest dress. Before his first appearance, he is reported by some to be a good man of highest worth and by others to be a glutton, a winebibber, and a hypocrite. Deciding that he wants his patron’s daughter as his wife, he uses his seeming piety to convince his host to...
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