# Hypocrisy of Social Manners in Tartuffe

> Theme guide for Tartuffe by Molière.

The play critiques the superficiality and gossip of society, as characters like Madame Pernelle and the neighbor Orante judge others harshly while concealing their own flaws, using piety as a weapon for social control.

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