The French dramatist Molière (1622-1673) wrote comedies that range from simple farces to sophisticated satires. The master of French comedy, he was both the product and the critic of the French...
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Molière's talents as both a writer and an actor were so great that at the height of his career he was often confused with the characters of his plays, whether cuckolded and browbeaten husbands,...
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In the following essay, Zwillenberg explores Molière's use of justice in Tartuffe.
Few will quarrel with the judgment that Molière's Tartuffe is a masterpiece, yet those...
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The following essay, McKenna discusses Molière's Tartuffe, focusing on misinterpretations embodied within the work that serve to entrap its audience.
Molière's Le Tartuf...
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In the following essay, Nurse surveys aspects of Molière's Tartuffe, examining the long disputed question as to which genre it belongs: pure comedy, satirical comedy, drame bourgeois, or...
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In the following essay, Hope maintains that the setting of Molière's Tartuffe had a distinctive, expressive function.
The theme of place and setting in the classical theater has attra...
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In "Tartuffe," a comedic play by Moliere, the author ridicules religious hypocrisy with the villain named after the play. In hopes to find religious counsel, the very religious Orgon brings an unknow...
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere's Tartuffe is an epic play of hypocrisy, betrayal, and the tale of a foolish mind. Moliere's choice of protagonist in this play happens to be the most blatantly ignor...
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Teaching Tartuffe
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William Hutt, widely regarded as one of Canada's finest classical actors and a company member at the Stratford Festival for almost four decades, has died at the age of 87.Hutt died Wednesday of leu...
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2007 list of a "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" ranges from the town where Monticello is located to Hillsborough, N.C., cited in part as the home of a...
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Molière
Moliere
Critical Essay by Myrna Kogan Zwillenberg
Tartuffe
Stage actor William Hutt dies at 87
