Tartuffe

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/tartuffe

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the playwright?Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)
2. What is the date of first performance?August 12, 1664, at the Palace of Versailles
3. What is Tartuffe about?Tartuffe is a play about a fake religious person who tricks a family into believing he is holy.
4. Why did people hate the play at first?The play showed how some people pretend to be good and use that to trick others, which upset religious groups and the king.

Alexandrine Verse: A line of poetry containing twelve syllables, with a caesura (pause) after the sixth syllable.
Comedy of Manners: A dramatic genre that satirizes the behavior, customs, and affectations of a particular social class.
Religious Hypocrisy: The practice of claiming to have religious beliefs or virtues that one does not actually possess or follow.