Exteme_And_Moderate_Characters_Of_Tartuffe

Exteme And Moderate Characters Of Tartuffe Extreme and Moderate Characters in Tartuffe In Moliére’s Tartuffe (Moiré 1664), the reader is able to see a great contrast of Extreme and Moderate characters. Extreme characters being those who are seen as over the top, or very passionate people, and the moderate characters having a more calm and subtle approach to ideas. The extreme characters in this case would be Madam Pernelle, Orgon, Tartuffe, and Dorine. The moderate characters are seen as Cleante and Elmire. One of the characters that obviously fall into the extreme character category would be that of Madam Pernelle. Madam Pernelle is an excellent example of an extreme character because of her sharp remarks, and the idea of telling people exactly what she thinks. From the very beginning of the play, the reader is able to identify how out spoken this character is when she begins to defend Tartuffe in the opening pages.. This is demonstrated when Madam Pernelle comments on a remark made by Dorine saying, “Girl, you talk to much, and I’m afraid / You’re far too saucy for a lady’s maid. / You push in everywhere and have your say” (I, I, 21) Another example of an extreme character in Tartuffe would be tartuffe, characters, extreme, moderate, character, pernelle, madam, dorine, very, cleante, reader, people, out, idea, example, able, seen, say, remark, orgon, much, makes, i’m, identify, having, great, good, girl, even, come, about, you’ve, you’re, written, world