Condemned and banned for five years in Molière’s day, Tartuffe is a satire on religious hypocrisy. Tartuffe worms his way into... read full description
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Feb 01, 2010
miaaa
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I'm asking myself, and keep looking at the introduction, 'was this book really published in 17th century?' I'm practically astounded and enjoy every bits of it.
Pathetic people always amuse me. I'd rather have a personal conversation with my God than showing off to other people that I go to church on regular basis. Dude I know some people who go to church to find a hubby/wife/bf/gf!
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Pathetic people always amuse me. I'd rather have a personal conversation with my God than showing off to other people that I go to church on regular basis. Dude I know some people who go to church to find a hubby/wife/bf/gf!
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Jan 22, 2009
Ronny
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Karya besar tak lekang dimakan zaman, kata orang. Benar memang, tapi membaca Tartuffe ini saya tercengang karena seakan2 drama ini ditulis Moliere bukan di Perancis abad ke-17, melainkan khusus untuk Indonesia zaman kita sekarang, yang kian sesak oleh simbol-simbol agama dan 'agamaisasi' hendak merasuk ke semua urusan, dari yang publik sampai ke yang paling privat.
Tartuffe, si munafik par excellence, selalu mengatasnamakan Tuhan atas segala tingkah yang ia lakukan. Dunia More...
Karya besar tak lekang dimakan zaman, kata orang. Benar memang, tapi membaca Tartuffe ini saya tercengang karena seakan2 drama ini ditulis Moliere bukan di Perancis abad ke-17, melainkan khusus untuk Indonesia zaman kita sekarang, yang kian sesak oleh simbol-simbol agama dan 'agamaisasi' hendak merasuk ke semua urusan, dari yang publik sampai ke yang paling privat.
Tartuffe, si munafik par excellence, selalu mengatasnamakan Tuhan atas segala tingkah yang ia lakukan. Dunia More...
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Jan 15, 2009
Bunga Mawar
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Ini buku klasik dunia dengan kisah standar. Klasik karena ditulis oleh pengarang Perancis Moliere (nee Jean Baptiste Poquelin) di abad ke-17. Setting-nya tentu masyarakat Perancis masa itu di bawah naungan Raja Louis XIV. Kisahnya standar saja memang, plotnya lurus menggambarkan konflik antara Gerombolan Si Baik dan Si Jahat serta bagaimana di akhir kisah Si Jahat akan sengsara mendapat ganjaran, sedangkan Si Baik akan hidup bahagia.
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Jul 10, 2011
Samantha Rose
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“But I’m no angel, nor was meant to be..” - Tartuffe
This is my second read through Tartuffe or l'Imposteur and thought I would finally write a review.
As others have stated, this is a brilliant piece of 17th century French literature. I feel the audience that can enjoy the piece can be broad.
The work is written in an almost rhythmic verse and the English translation reads wonderfully. The monologues are very witty and entertaining.
Tartuffe is a c More...
This is my second read through Tartuffe or l'Imposteur and thought I would finally write a review.
As others have stated, this is a brilliant piece of 17th century French literature. I feel the audience that can enjoy the piece can be broad.
The work is written in an almost rhythmic verse and the English translation reads wonderfully. The monologues are very witty and entertaining.
Tartuffe is a c More...
Jun 04, 2011
Kassia
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As a Christian myself, I read Tartuffe with close precision. Taking apart each verse, I tried to figure out if the play was really an attack on Christianity and my faith. However, after close examination of the play, I found that the play doesn’t really try to attack the Christian faith. Rather, it tries extremely hard to avoid such an attack, and instead simply targets the hypocrites in the Church at the time.
Many parts of the play show the respect that Moliere had for religi More...
Many parts of the play show the respect that Moliere had for religi More...
Mar 31, 2011
Ana
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Tartuffe / 0-151-00281-9
With scathing satire, gorgeous poetry, clever word choice, and a beautiful English translation, Tartuffe viciously attacks religious hypocrites who posture and preen in public and the dupes who are foolish enough to believe that holiness can only be measured by the outward show of morality. Moliere utilizes the sharp-witted servant girl motif to provide a cutting Greek chorus and to propel the action in a way that the obedient daughter stereotype cannot. In the end, hypoc More...
With scathing satire, gorgeous poetry, clever word choice, and a beautiful English translation, Tartuffe viciously attacks religious hypocrites who posture and preen in public and the dupes who are foolish enough to believe that holiness can only be measured by the outward show of morality. Moliere utilizes the sharp-witted servant girl motif to provide a cutting Greek chorus and to propel the action in a way that the obedient daughter stereotype cannot. In the end, hypoc More...
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Nov 19, 2010
Nicholas
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I thought this was rather good. I think my issue, as it is with most plays, is that it wasn't meant to be read. The reactions, the slapstick antics of Dorine and Orgon, these were all meant to be performed and witnessed to highten their humor. As it is, the dialogue is amusing, and much of the humor can still seep through, but I know that where I was smirking with the text I would probably be laughing at the play.
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Outside of that, I think if it was a play I was watching I would love i More...
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Dec 03, 2008
Dhini
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sebuah lakon drama komedi-satir, yang sangat menarik..benar2 menarik.
Tartuffe adalah seorang gembel yang biasa terlihat di dekat gereja, tempat Orgon beribadah. Suatu ketika, Orgon terlibat percakapan dengan nya dan ia merasa bahwa Tartuffe itu adalah seorang yang amat dekat dengan Tuhan, justru karena kegembelannya itu. Akhirnya Orgon, mengajak Tartuffe untuk tinggal di rumahnya.
Kehadiran Tartuffe membuat semua orang di rumah tersebut, termasuk para pembantu, gerah dan m More...
Tartuffe adalah seorang gembel yang biasa terlihat di dekat gereja, tempat Orgon beribadah. Suatu ketika, Orgon terlibat percakapan dengan nya dan ia merasa bahwa Tartuffe itu adalah seorang yang amat dekat dengan Tuhan, justru karena kegembelannya itu. Akhirnya Orgon, mengajak Tartuffe untuk tinggal di rumahnya.
Kehadiran Tartuffe membuat semua orang di rumah tersebut, termasuk para pembantu, gerah dan m More...
Oct 03, 2007
Gloria
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Read the play, then saw it performed. Thank God for actors! The written word's not half as witty, nor as interesting, as people living the lines on stage. Had never seen nor read Moliere before. Broad farce, mostly religious and social satire. He wrote about 50 years after Shakespeare. Funny how Not Different we are from people 350 years ago. Same foibles, same concerns...and same sense of humor, obviously, because the audience I was in loved the jokes.
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Jan 16, 2012
Paula
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This clever comedy was written in the mid-17th c. during the early stages of the Enlightenment. Moliere employs classic comic devices of plot and character in a way that comments on his own immediate social scene. During the Enlightenment, social status was the root of an individual's worth. Moliere creates a character, Tartuffe, who outwardly shows piety, but is truly just a religious hypocrite and a cheat. He attempts to gain social status and worth through an insidious plan to take over a hou
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Jan 29, 2011
Amandine
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C'est une pièce que j'avais lue il y a quelques mois et que j'ai vu représentée hier. J'ai de très loin préféré la représentation à la lecture : les acteurs étaient très bons et ont su donner vie au texte, bien qu'il soit en vers (j'ai plus de facilité à lire des pièces en vers qu'à les voir représentées). Les personnages de Molière ont toujours autant tendance à m'agacer, surtout les personnages principaux, ici Tartuffe et sa dupe, mais le frère de la femme d'Oronte, plus raisonnable et "P
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Aug 10, 2010
Evelyn
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I read this play in one night and it was thoroughly entertaining. My translation (the play was originally written in French) was by Richard Wilbur, and his rhyming couplets gave the play an even more whimsical feel.
The play is about a man and his family who have a guest staying with them, a hypocrite by the name of Tartuffe. While the rest of the family see right through him, the father is completely taken in and allows him to stay. Tartuffe makes out to be a holy man, but in real More...
The play is about a man and his family who have a guest staying with them, a hypocrite by the name of Tartuffe. While the rest of the family see right through him, the father is completely taken in and allows him to stay. Tartuffe makes out to be a holy man, but in real More...
Aug 09, 2011
Jasmine
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I bought this book at a used bookstore in DC called "books for america" for $1 off a new arrivals rack.
this is my third favorite play by my third favorite playwright (the winners being danton's Death by Buchner and Lucifer by vondel, followed closely in fourth by a scottish play about grave robbers who murder someone to get a body and hilarity ensues, but I forget what that one is called).
I decided to buy it and reread it, it is still very very good, I bought the More...
this is my third favorite play by my third favorite playwright (the winners being danton's Death by Buchner and Lucifer by vondel, followed closely in fourth by a scottish play about grave robbers who murder someone to get a body and hilarity ensues, but I forget what that one is called).
I decided to buy it and reread it, it is still very very good, I bought the More...
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Feb 09, 2011
Tartuffe by Moliere is a play that is a comedy set in France in 18th century. Tartuffe is a charlatan who preys on a family through false piety and deception.
Orgon invites Tarruffe Into his home to live and gives him the best of everything a ove his family. He find religious counsel in Tartuffe as he really believe that he is a genuine and good man. He even plans to wed his daughter to Tartuffe.
Molier cleverly crafts a Play with outlandish character like Dorine, the hous More...
Orgon invites Tarruffe Into his home to live and gives him the best of everything a ove his family. He find religious counsel in Tartuffe as he really believe that he is a genuine and good man. He even plans to wed his daughter to Tartuffe.
Molier cleverly crafts a Play with outlandish character like Dorine, the hous More...
Sep 29, 2008
Rachel
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i liked this play a lot... a bit slow at the beginning, but the plot and writing were great. it was so witty and funny, i laughed out loud a lot ;)
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Jan 11, 2012
Dina
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طرطيف هو اسم رجل "شبه نصاب" يتقرب من بيوت احد الاغنياء باسم الدين و بالفعل ينجح فى ان يميل صاحب الدار و ان يشغله حتى عن اهله...فيقرر ان يزوجه ابنته على غير ارادتها بل و ان يورثه كل امواله
مسرحيه كوميديه فى خمسه فصول و الحقيقى اللافت للنظر كون مسرحيه بالمستوى الدرامى "الغير سئ" ينتج فى القرن السابع عشر و الاغرب كونه لا يفرق كثيرا عن اى فيلم عربى خاصه النهايه الساذجه المفرحه نوعا More...
مسرحيه كوميديه فى خمسه فصول و الحقيقى اللافت للنظر كون مسرحيه بالمستوى الدرامى "الغير سئ" ينتج فى القرن السابع عشر و الاغرب كونه لا يفرق كثيرا عن اى فيلم عربى خاصه النهايه الساذجه المفرحه نوعا More...
Feb 02, 2009
Manny
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When I read this play for the first time, I had a strange feeling that I'd seen it somewhere before. Cretinous Orgon can't understand what's obvious to the audience and everyone else in the play, namely that the slimy cleric Tartuffe is not only trying to ruin him, but also to get into his wife's pants. He seems to have neatly engineered his own downfall when - hey presto! - a deus ex machina saves the day. It's very funny.
After a little thought, I realized that this is the basic str More...
After a little thought, I realized that this is the basic str More...
Sep 26, 2011
Bethanie
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I read Tartuffe for my Later World Literature class. I found it extremely hilarious considering it was written during the Enlightenment and was banned for a few years before the author finally got permission from the King to have it published. The characters are all very unique, especially the quirky maid, Dorine, who expresses her opinions very freely through out the play.
I gave Tartuffe three stars because the ending was rather dull. I won't say why for fear I might spoil the book for fu More...
I gave Tartuffe three stars because the ending was rather dull. I won't say why for fear I might spoil the book for fu More...
Jun 26, 2011
Iris
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Tartuffe is a humorous play about hypocrisy. The character Tartuffe is careful to present himself as a religious man and is quick to judge others. He has Orgon convinced of his sincerity, so much so that Orgon is willing to marry his daughter to Tartuffe and deeds all his property to him. Most of Orgon's family sees Tartuffe for the hypocrite he is, but Orgon must learn through bitter experience.
Tartuffe is a quick read and would be an entertaining play to see put on. The ending is More...
Tartuffe is a quick read and would be an entertaining play to see put on. The ending is More...
Sep 29, 2008
Caleb
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Hahaha, this book had some really funny parts.
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Jul 27, 2011
I read this for my Masterpieces of World Literature course; very engaging! How remarkable that Moliere can consistently keep the same couplet rhyme scheme and meter! (And I was reading an English translation as well!) Very similar to Shakespeare, in it that the women dominate the course of the events; without Dorine, we would not have a story. It's a testament to female significance in French society in this neo-classicism period, as women in this region were able to partake in intellectual
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Feb 08, 2011
e.c.h.a
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Lampu perlahan meredup. Suasana mulai hening. Tirai pun di buka. Musik klasik mengalun perlahan. Di panggung berdiri Ny. Pernelle, Marianne, Damian, Elmire, Dorine. Adegan pun terus berlanjut hingga ke Babak 5. Musik pun bergerak dramatis. Pause. Tepuk tangan gemuruh. Layar pun tertutup. Lampu kembali bergerak terang. Dan tepuk tangan semakin bergemuruh saat para pelakon keluar kembali.
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Itu lah yang saya rasakan saat membaca naskah drama ini, saya layaknya sedang duduk di kur More...
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Itu lah yang saya rasakan saat membaca naskah drama ini, saya layaknya sedang duduk di kur More...
Jan 17, 2012
James
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Less than two weeks ago I attended a lecture on "Why Comedy is No Laughing Matter". The lecture tilted toward serious literature that includes humor and comedy as an important aspect. On Sunday past I attended a performance of a classic comedy that has serious ideas as an important aspect. As with all his plays, Moliere's Tartuffe is a comedy of ideas wherein the author uses humor, ridicules stereotypical, yet recognizable types to make a serious statement about his world. In the ca
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Mar 09, 2011
Ana
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Tartuffe / 0-151-00281-9
With scathing satire, gorgeous poetry, clever word choice, and a beautiful English translation, Tartuffe viciously attacks religious hypocrites who posture and preen in public and the dupes who are foolish enough to believe that holiness can only be measured by the outward show of morality. Moliere utilizes the sharp-witted servant girl motif to provide a cutting Greek chorus and to propel the action in a way that the obedient daughter stereotype cannot. In the end, hypoc More...
With scathing satire, gorgeous poetry, clever word choice, and a beautiful English translation, Tartuffe viciously attacks religious hypocrites who posture and preen in public and the dupes who are foolish enough to believe that holiness can only be measured by the outward show of morality. Moliere utilizes the sharp-witted servant girl motif to provide a cutting Greek chorus and to propel the action in a way that the obedient daughter stereotype cannot. In the end, hypoc More...
Nov 04, 2008
Palsay
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Seingat saya baru dua kali saya membaca karya drama komedi klasik penulis Barat. Salah satunya adalah "Much A do About Nothing" karya William Shakespeare. yang kedua, tentu saja Tartuffe ini.
Ini adalah kisah tentang seorang bangsawan bernama Orgon yang ditipu habis-habisan oleh Tartuffe, seorang munafik yang dalam perkataan dan perbuatannya selalu mengatasnamakan Tuhan. Tentu saja, semuanya dilakukan dalam rangka keuntungan pribadi.
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Ini adalah kisah tentang seorang bangsawan bernama Orgon yang ditipu habis-habisan oleh Tartuffe, seorang munafik yang dalam perkataan dan perbuatannya selalu mengatasnamakan Tuhan. Tentu saja, semuanya dilakukan dalam rangka keuntungan pribadi.
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Jun 14, 2008
Gabrielle
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Mar 03, 2011
Kat
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As I am currently teaching this play, i thought it appropriate to finally add my review of it to this site.
Tartuffe is a classic tale of religious hypocrisy. A wealthy man is taken in by a con artist posing as a holy man and nearly loses his whole family and fortune because of it. This satire has a wealth of funny material in it, and I can't begin to express how much I agree with Moliere's skewering of the hypocrisy of some people. As I tell my students, Moliere is most certainly no More...
Tartuffe is a classic tale of religious hypocrisy. A wealthy man is taken in by a con artist posing as a holy man and nearly loses his whole family and fortune because of it. This satire has a wealth of funny material in it, and I can't begin to express how much I agree with Moliere's skewering of the hypocrisy of some people. As I tell my students, Moliere is most certainly no More...
Aug 05, 2007
علی
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I remember them since my childhood when we use to see them in theatre, adabted in Persian. Later on, when I started to read Moliere, I thaught surprising, ... poor him, he was so lucky he died before he could see the adabted versions of his plays in Persian, ..
از اثار نمایشی مولیر در دهه های اول قرن حاضر شمسی، بارها نمایش نامه هایی آدابته شده به فارسی بر روی صحنه های تیاتری ایران اجرا شده است. بعدها اولین ترجمه های کمدی های مولیر با نام های اصلی همچون "بورژوا ژانتیوم" و "تار More...
از اثار نمایشی مولیر در دهه های اول قرن حاضر شمسی، بارها نمایش نامه هایی آدابته شده به فارسی بر روی صحنه های تیاتری ایران اجرا شده است. بعدها اولین ترجمه های کمدی های مولیر با نام های اصلی همچون "بورژوا ژانتیوم" و "تار More...
Dec 14, 2008
Ririn
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Drama komedi satir yang cocok juga buat menyindir para pejabat kita yang sok-sok religius tapi ternyata bobrok nih, hehe...
Kisah tentang Orgon yang ditipu mentah2 oleh Tartuffe si ular licik yang dianggapnya sebagai orang suci. Kocak dan menggemaskan. Namanya juga komedi. Jangan salah, ini bukan novel tapi drama - jadi mungkin yang tidak terbiasa (misal saya :D sumpah satu2nya drama yang pernah saya baca sebelumnya cuma Duka Cita Bagi Elektra) mungkin agak membosankan dan rumit.
Kisah tentang Orgon yang ditipu mentah2 oleh Tartuffe si ular licik yang dianggapnya sebagai orang suci. Kocak dan menggemaskan. Namanya juga komedi. Jangan salah, ini bukan novel tapi drama - jadi mungkin yang tidak terbiasa (misal saya :D sumpah satu2nya drama yang pernah saya baca sebelumnya cuma Duka Cita Bagi Elektra) mungkin agak membosankan dan rumit.
Jul 18, 2009
Maisie
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Originally created as a condemnation of false piety, Tartuffe became infamous for its apparent attack on religion and was banned by the Catholic church. However this is a sharp, witty look at how easily people can be taken in given the ability of others to twist language. It's an often humorous book even if the characters do seem a tad one dimensional but well worth a read for the banter between the more memorable members of the family and for slapstick comedy.
