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In Moliere's comedy Tartuffe, The play centers on the
family of Orgon, a wealthy and impressionable man, his
central target of ridicule is Orgon. Orgon is Moliere's
character of how man can be so blind in his devotion to a
belief that he cannot make a good judgement as to the
sincerity of others who would use that belief to deceive
him. This play fits into the concept of comedy because all
of the elements of comedy are present. It happens that the
title character is the villain rather than the hero and some of
the elements have been tampered with. In Tartuffe, we
have the classic comic scenario of two lovers, Valere and
Marianne, trying to get together but being thwarted.
However, instead of the villain, Tartuffe is not the one who
is antagonizing them, it is Orgon who gets in the way.
Orgon tries to flatter Tartuffe by offering Marianne to be his
wife. Before it is all over, Orgon ends up giving the deed to
all his land to the deceitful Tartuffe. The other comic......

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