Tartuffe scene analysis/ Helen Williams

I really enjoy watching the video. More interesting to see Madame Pernelle, Orgon self righteous mother exercise that much authority and power over her son’s household. She strikes me like a case of a “mean mother-in law”. The elderly character begins the scene by chastising her family members. She condemns them for talking too much, about their growing foolishness everyday and how they are too free with money.

She is also convinced that Tartuffe is a wise and just man, and that the rest of the household should follow his instructions. She is so convince and wants everybody to believe that Tartuffe is the authority as far as sin is concerned… well, except for Orgon. This is more of a modern day soap opera. At the end, we see how Tartuffe “a man of God " uses his connections to swindle his generous host out of his wealth and his wife. Madame Pernelle is the last to finally realize Tartuffe’s hypocrisy.