Othello ends in tragedy and Tarruffe is comedy. Why so alike?
2006-10-06 07:06:58 · 2 answers · asked by ktabll 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
I don't find them very similar at all.
Tartuffe insinuates himself into Orgon's family and fortune, but, when you get right down to it, he only has to convince TWO people (Orgon and Orgon's mother) in order to accomplish his goal.
Iago, on the other hand, is universally thought "honest" within the world of the play.
Another difference. It would appear, from Tartuffe's plot to have Orgon and his family evicted from their home, that his essential goal is to accumulate personal wealth and property. Iago has no such agenda. Whatever his overall intention -- the play is expressly mute on this point -- it's NOT about the money.
2006-10-06 07:10:24 · answer #1 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it is just opinion.
2006-10-06 07:08:48 · answer #2 · answered by Joe Cooker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋