Description
Select one of the prompts below and write a well developed essay of 500 to 600 words. Follow the guidelines for MLA. You should be careful to cite any secondary text as well as the primary text. I expect you to reference at least one outside source. Of course, you must use the text to support anything you say about the text.
What does Orgon see in Tartuffe? Might this happen today?
What âideaâ role does Cléante play in this comedy?
What does the Mariane-Valère relationship have to do with power?
According to Elmire, how should a woman behave when a man makes unwanted advances? Do you agree? Why or why not?
What does Molière ridicule in this play?
Why was the Church so offended by this play?
Is Molière too harsh on religion in this play?
Does this play apply (does it instruct)? How and what does it instruct?
Does this play entertain?
Be creative with a title
Sample Solution
determine irrationality of a suicide if there was no way possible of the individual knowing; it can only be judged if there was no attempt to get it from reliable sources (Battin 137-138). I think that Battin is inferring that not having the correct information could mean they are unable to participate in rational thought process. Another assumption of suicide not being rational due to this criterion is caused by internal factors, such as depression where they can unknowingly suppress certain information (Brandt, cited in Battin 1995, 138). She counters this by stating that you can still have adequate information because the future may be already negative, even with a smaller view (Battin 138-139). Therefore, from her counterargument, she is countering any claims of narrow views that the opposition would try to argue by stating that an individualâs health status does not matter. Battin states that some would claim that suicide would be irrational if one committed it because of an unlikely future, but states t>
determine irrationality of a suicide if there was no way possible of the individual knowing; it can only be judged if there was no attempt to get it from reliable sources (Battin 137-138). I think that Battin is inferring that not having the correct information could mean they are unable to participate in rational thought process. Another assumption of suicide not being rational due to this criterion is caused by internal factors, such as depression where they can unknowingly suppress certain information (Brandt, cited in Battin 1995, 138). She counters this by stating that you can still have adequate information because the future may be already negative, even with a smaller view (Battin 138-139). Therefore, from her counterargument, she is countering any claims of narrow views that the opposition would try to argue by stating that an individualâs health status does not matter. Battin states that some would claim that suicide would be irrational if one committed it because of an unlikely future, but states t>
