Question

Compare the passage below to Orgon’s description of Tartuffe in Act 1.5,11. 30-40.What does this say about Tartuffe’s piety?

Answer 1

The Matthew passage conveys a downright opposite message to that of Orgon. It means that Tartuffe's piety is a spectacle, a theater show for Orgon and the masses to see. Tartuffe pompously prayed in church before the congregation (and Orgon, of course), kissing the ground all the time, pathetically sighing and demonstrating his piety very loudly.