Exam 1 (Tartuffe)

Question 1

Tartuffe

Answer 1

Written by Moliere in 1664 - comedy of manners

Question 2

Moliere

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french playwright - supported by the king (Louis XIV) - famous for satirical works

Question 3

Louis XIV

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known as the sun king (for performing in a play) - king of france between 1643-1715 - reign known as the Golden Age

Question 4

The Fronde

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violent civil war in france - Orgons friend was in this was and incriminating papers were given to Orgon to hold onto and giving them to Tartuffe almost caused his arrest

Question 5

Aristotle’s Unities

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Unity of Action, Time and Space - defined good elements of drama - basic plot happening in one day and in one place - needed these to get a good reaction from the audience

Question 6

Golden Age of Rome

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Augustus - peaceful period - great economic success

Question 7

The Stage in Tartuffe

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the table scene - most comic scene - movement on stage is important as to how you get the play across - upstage and downstage (closest to audience) stage right and left (opposite to audience) according to actors viewpoint

Question 8

The Play

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to delight and instruct - corecct customs through satire

Question 9

castigat ridendo mores

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correct customs by laughing at them - molieres plays led to the coinage of this phrase (his comedic style)

Question 10

What makes a Comedy?

Answer 10

restoration of order/has a happy ending

Question 11

Satire

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ridicule leads to reform - by pointing out fools and folly one may hope to restor order

Question 12

Religious Hypocrisy

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main folly for the play - play was banned for introducing religious hypocrisy (upset the pope) - but moliere wrote to the king (wasnt making fun of religion but those who hide behind it) and got unbanned - king decided if you had no sense of humor you were a hypocrite

Question 13

Plot (Freytag’s Pyramid)

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Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denoument - used to analyze plays of the 16th-19th century

Question 14

Form of Tartuffe

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decasyllabic couplets - five acts - french scenes

Question 15

French Scene

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scene changes when a character leaves or comes in

Question 16

Exposition

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background information - introduction to characters - basic conflict - play begins with madame p and we get a sense of who Tartuffe is even though he doesn’t show until Act III

Question 17

Rising Action

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building of tension (need to explain in play)

Question 18

Climax

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controversial - turning point (need to explain in play)

Question 19

Crisis

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highest point of tension that leads directly to the climax (need to explain in play)

Question 20

Character

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Question 21

Setting

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Question 22

Dramatic Conventions

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Question 23

Irony

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Question 24

Sarcasm

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Question 25

Thematic Elements

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Question 26

Hypocrisy

Answer 26

example in play

Question 27

Power and Control

Answer 27

example in play

Question 28

Sight v Blindness

Answer 28

example in play

Question 29

Passions v Reason

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example in play

Question 30

Role of Human in Nature

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example in play

Question 31

Hierarchies

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example in play

Question 32

Role of Women

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example in play

Question 33

Old v Young

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example in play