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In the play Tartuffe Jean-Baptiste Moliere uses his characters to portray his ideas of the social and political standings of his time. One of the most controversial characters, besides Tartuffe himself, is Dorine. Although she is not a major character she has ma ....

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.... From the start it is apparent that Dorine is an outspoken character, and by doing this she is clearly putting herself out on a limb because she is dissimilar to the other women of her time. I believe that it is here that Moliere foreshadows the importance of Dorine's a character. Later on in the play she will play a crucial role in saving Mariane, her counterpart, from marrying Tartuffe, and ultimately saving Orgon's family by bringing about plans to reveal Tartuffe's manipulative and deceitful character. It is important that Dorine is so outspoken because if she were not Mariane would surely have married Tartuffe. Moliere portrays Mariane as a typi ....