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Use Of Voice Of Reason In Tartuffe

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In Moliere’s play Tartuffe the protagonist Orgon is being tricked by Tartuffe. Cleante, Orgon’s brother, offers Orgon sound advice through the entire play. Cleante is very level headed and calm about this whole ordeal. Making him one of the two voices of reason within the story. The second voice of reason is Dorine a servant. Dorine uses common sense as she bluntly points out how unreasonable all the other characters are being. She tries to get them to understand just how unreasonable they are being. First, Cleante is a highly educated man making his a voice of wisdom in the play. His ability to remain calm and think is like the opposite of Orgon who is naïve and gullible. These two factors about Orgon make it infuriating when

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