# Religious Hypocrisy in Tartuffe

> Theme guide for Tartuffe by Molière.

The central theme, embodied by Tartuffe, who uses a mask of piety and devotion to manipulate Orgon and pursue his own selfish, lustful, and greedy ends, while the play distinguishes between true faith and false, performative religiosity.

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