Themes All Themes. Symbols All Symbols. Theme Wheel. Everything you need for every book you read. The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. A middle class landowner who served the King of France well in a recent civil war, Orgon makes the mistake of placing his trust in the devious, hypocritical Tartuffe.
For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:. Act 1, Scene 1 Quotes. Related Characters: Dorine speaker , Tartuffe , Orgon. Related Themes: Reason vs. Page Number and Citation : 18 Cite this Quote. Explanation and Analysis:. Act 1, Scene 4 Quotes. Related Themes: Hypocrisy. Page Number and Citation : 21 Cite this Quote. Act 1, Scene 5 Quotes. Related Characters: Orgon speaker , Tartuffe.
Page Number and Citation : 25 Cite this Quote. Related Symbols: The Catholic Church. Related Characters: Orgon speaker , Tartuffe , Elmire. Page Number and Citation : 26 Cite this Quote. Page Number and Citation : 27 Cite this Quote. Page Number and Citation : 28 Cite this Quote.
Act 2, Scene 2 Quotes. Related Characters: Orgon speaker , Dorine speaker , Tartuffe. Page Number and Citation : 44 Cite this Quote. Act 2, Scene 3 Quotes. Related Themes: Family and Fathers.
Page Number and Citation : 52 Cite this Quote. Act 3, Scene 6 Quotes. Related Characters: Tartuffe speaker , Orgon speaker , Damis. Page Number and Citation : 97 Cite this Quote. Related Characters: Orgon speaker , Tartuffe , Damis. Page Number and Citation : Cite this Quote.
Act 4, Scene 3 Quotes. Related Characters: Mariane speaker , Orgon. Related Themes: Religion, Piety, and Morals. Related Characters: Elmire speaker , Tartuffe , Orgon. Act 4, Scene 4 Quotes. Act 4, Scene 5 Quotes. Related Characters: Tartuffe speaker , Orgon , Elmire. Act 4, Scene 7 Quotes. Act 5, Scene 1 Quotes. Act 5, Scene 6 Quotes.
Related Symbols: The King. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Act 1, Scene 1. The setting for the entirety of Tartuffe is the house of Orgon , a prosperous middle class man who has served the King of France well in a The discussion turns to Tartuffe, a holy man whom Orgon and Madame Pernelle revere.
The other characters believe him to be deceitful and hypocritical. Act 1, Scene 2. Madame Pernelle. Act 1, Scene 3. Act 1, Scene 4. Orgon , however, interrupts his brother-in-law in order to Sarcastically, Dorine takes her leave, telling Orgon that she will let Elmire know how worried her husband was about her.
For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. There are many words that could be used to describe Orgon: idiot, dunce, sucker, chump, chucklehead, chowderhead, dunderhead — hmmm, what's with all these head words…?
Anyway, you get the drift. Orgon doesn't exactly behave well in Tartuffe. Furthermore, any guy who cares more about the "holy" man who taught him to feel that way than he does about his family has some really serious issues.
Now, it's easy enough to write Orgon off as an idiot, a dunce, a sucker, etc. You could even see Orgon's foolishness as evidence of his basic goodness. For example, he agrees to help out his friend, Argas, by storing the incriminating papers.
Madame Pernelle, visiting her son Orgon's house, uses the opportunity to criticize all the members of the house and to praise their boarder, Tartuffe, because he is a man of such holiness and zeal. The others present offer objections to Tartuffe, maintaining that he is false and hypocritical, but Madame Pernelle will not entertain such thoughts. As she leaves, she admonishes everyone to follow Tartuffe's precepts. Orgon arrives and seems much more concerned about the welfare of Tartuffe than he is about his wife's illness.
When Orgon is questioned about the intended wedding, he dodges the issues and refuses to give a direct answer. When his daughter arrives, Orgon tells her that he wants to ally Tartuffe with his house; this he can best do by Mariane's marrying Tartuffe. Mariane is so shocked that she cannot believe her ears. After Orgon departs, Dorine, the maid, reprimands Mariane for not having refused to marry Tartuffe. Dorine listens to them argue and then, after they are reconciled, she promises to help them expose Tartuffe's hypocrisy.
Damis, incensed about Tartuffe, is also determined to reveal Tartuffe's hypocrisy, and, as he hears Tartuffe's approach, he hides in the closet.
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