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Tartuffe Tartuffe is a very conniving man. He manipulates people into giving him what he desires. He is exceptionally particular about who he chooses to con. He is extremely intelligent, and knows which people would best serve his purpose. Tartuffe realizes that it is in his best interest to have Orgon and Madame Pernelle under his enchantment. He can see that Orgon and his mother are the decision makers of the family. The other family …

…him with delight, and if he saw the worst, he’d doubt his sight (251).” Orgon has to hear these words with his own ears before he will believe Tartuffe is a fake. It requires even more convincing to make Madame Pernelle believe he is a phony. It takes a bailiff and an officer sent by Tartuffe himself demanding the eviction of Orgon and his family before Madame Pernelle will believe him to be a liar.