# Mariane — Tartuffe character guide

> Mariane in Tartuffe by Molière.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mariane Please, Mariane Oh, Mariane To Dorine

**First appearance:** 0002-tartuffe

## Snapshot

Orgon's gentle daughter, caught between filial obedience and her love for Valère, and too timid to fight for herself without prodding.

## Who they are

Mariane is a dutiful daughter whose father's sudden plan to marry her to Tartuffe throws her into a paralysis of grief and indecision. Her scene with Valère is a comedy of mutual wounded pride: each offers the other permission to walk away, and neither will say plainly what they want. She matters because her predicament makes the household's stakes concrete, and because her passivity is exactly what Dorine and Elmire must work around to save her.

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