His adoration is unlike anything you ve ever seen. In short he s a changed man, not at all the man you married or thought was your father. He even makes this stranger the heir to his vast estate. He ll destroy the family and put you all out on the street if you don t do something. Tartuffe may be classified as a comedy, but this family crisis is no laughing matter.
Family health is delicate.
Unity is difficult enough to maintain without such a dangerous interloper leading the head of the household astray. Orgon s obsession with Tartuffe and piety is an addiction of sorts. Nonetheless the addiction is wreaking havoc. His estrangement from his wife, his betrayal of his daughter, and his disinheritance of his son are unspeakably hurtful and catastrophic. Three hundred and thirty-six years later, we know this story all too well.