1. Why give a simple serving maid’s character such importance? Why did Moliere not allow another character to accomplish these …

Answer after reading Act II: 1. Why does Orgon insist on his personal choice for the groom? 2. What importance …

What conflict is brewing already? Define the purpose of Dorine’s character –why the long speech in Scene 2? What do …

Answer after reading Act I: 1. How do the rhymed couplets affect the mood of the play? 2. What do …

Answer before reading: 1. What innovations came from the Italians? How did these change the theatre? 2. What influence (if …

  Tartuffe caused quite a scandal back in the day? Does it still retain any shock value? What do you …

Is the King’s intervention really  necessary? Why couldn’t we let the other characters try to figure out a solution, or …

  How do the characters reflect Tartuffe‘s major themes? Cléante seems to be the resident wise man in Orgon’s house, …

Give concrete examples of some of the contradictions in the play between traditional religious values and the usual 17th century …

Who has control in the play and who loses it and why? What are some extremes of loss of control …