# The Officer — Tartuffe character guide

> The Officer in Tartuffe by Molière.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Officer

**First appearance:** 0039-scene-vii

## Who they are

A royal officer who arrests Tartuffe at the end.

## Relationships

### [Madame Pernelle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tartuffe_se/characters/madame_pernelle)

_social_

Madame Pernelle encounters the Officer at the play's climax, where he enforces the King's justice against Tartuffe.

### [Madame Pernelle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tartuffe_se/characters/madame_pernelle)

_social_

Madame Pernelle encounters the Officer at the play's climax, where he enforces the King's justice against Tartuffe.

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