Le Tartuffe – Molière – Study Guide and Workbook

Le Tartuffe – Molière – Study Guide and Workbook

A comprehensive French-language study guide and workbook for Molière’s Le Tartuffe, combining literary analysis, historical and cultural context, act-by-act study, character work, thematic interpretation and essay preparation. Across 258 pages, it develops understanding of the play’s treatment of hypocrisy, authority, religion, family and social order while also examining Molière’s comic and dramatic methods.

Key features:

• Introduction to Le Tartuffe alongside a dedicated study of Molière’s life, theatrical career and literary significance
• Detailed contextual work on Louis XIV, classical French theatre, satire, religion, morality, social authority, false piety, censorship and the controversy surrounding the play
• Complete plot and act-by-act study covering the central conflicts and turning points from Orgon’s family crisis through Tartuffe’s exposure and the final restoration of justice
• Individual character studies of Tartuffe, Orgon, Elmire, Cléante, Madame Pernelle and Mariane
• Major themes explored through hypocrisy and deception, appearance versus reality, reason and blind faith, family authority, marriage, gender, obedience, justice and moral order Le Tartuffe
• Detailed analysis of comedy and dramatic technique, including satire, dramatic irony, farce, exaggeration, comic reversal, dialogue and comic timing
• Language, form and structure coverage examining the five-act structure, verse and dialogue, entrances and exits, concealment, and the relationship between comic tone and serious moral argument, alongside critical interpretations of the play Le Tartuffe
• French-language activities throughout including comprehension, multiple choice, true/false, vocabulary, quotation analysis, summaries, creative tasks and extended essay preparation, supported by answer guidance, a synthesis revision section, glossary, French essay phrases and essay questions