The video Tartuffe was much more entertaining than reading the play. All the characters seemed to put a great deal of emotion into their acting and characters. Orgon was one of my favorites. He was so blindsided by Tartuffe. He took him into his home treated him as a brother and put his needs before his own wife and children. He thought Tartuffe was of saintly being. One of the last scenes VII was the climax of the play. After all the family tried to convince Orgon of Tartuffe’s hypocrisy and he finally heard for himself, Orgon thought he would lose everything. Orgon was thinking he was about to be arrested and Tartuffe took pleasure in seeing that happen.
The tables then turned for Tartuffe for he was the one the officers were arresting. He was proven to be a traitor and hypocrite. Orgon was pardoned and able to rejoice with his family. Orgon finally realized what a fool he had been and allowed his daughter to be allowed to marry Valere as they both hoped and wanted. In the end it was a good moral lesson. Not everyone is as they seem. When something or someone in this matter seems too good to be true it is usually the case. Nothing is at it seems.
So basically the tide had changed and in the end it took the lose of everything to persuade him that Tartuffe was in fact doing "wrong".... :)
ReplyDeleteTartuffe was an easy play for all of us to agree on. The plot was clear (well the production was) and it was easy to cheer and root for tartuff to get caught. I Really think you are on to somethign when you say that Orgon was blindsided. he was a willing participant until the true was plainly obvious.
ReplyDeleteack! the above comment was mean for a different blogger :(
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