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  • Essay / Tartuffe by Molière: Blinded by obsession - 554

    TartuffeA man will only see what he wants to see. In Molière's "Tartuffe", we meet Orgon, a man so blinded by his obsession with Tartuffe that he falls prey to his deception. Tartuffe claims to be a pious, pious and humble man, when in reality he is a religious hypocrite. Throughout the play, we are introduced to numerous characters who attempt in vain to “open” Orgon’s eyes to Tartuffe’s lies. He refuses to accept the fact that Tartuffe is an impostor and is more of a hypocrite than a respectful man. "My mother, my children, my brother and my wife could die, and I would not feel a single moment of pain... oh, if you had seen Tartuffe as I know him for the first time, your heart, as mine, would have abandoned herself to him." ". Orgon makes this completely irrational statement about Tartuffe. This absurd statement proves how deeply obsessed he was with the belief that Tartuffe was a just and honest individual. Only in the end does Orgon surrender realizes that he has been duped all along and finally accepts the fact that Tartuffe is a lying, scheming fraudster....