Elmire in "Tartuffe"
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Elmire in "Tartuffe" is the intelligent and virtuous wife of Orgon who cleverly exposes the hypocrisy and lechery of the impostor Tartuffe in Molière’s classic comedy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elmire in "Tartuffe" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Elmire in "Tartuffe" Context triple: [Armande Béjart, notableRole, Elmire in "Tartuffe"]
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Tartuffe
Tartuffe is a classic 17th-century French comedic play by Molière that satirizes religious hypocrisy through the story of a pious fraud who deceives a wealthy household.
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Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons
Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons is a cunning, aristocratic schemer who orchestrates intricate games of seduction and revenge in 18th-century French high society.
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Cunégonde
Cunégonde is a central character in Voltaire’s satirical novella "Candide," known as Candide’s beloved whose misfortunes and changing fortunes mirror the work’s critique of optimism and society.
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Madame Vabre
Madame Vabre is a fictional bourgeois woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the hypocrisies and moral decay of Parisian middle-class society in the 19th century.
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E.
Madame Merle
Madame Merle is a sophisticated, manipulative socialite in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for her calculated influence over the heroine Isabel Archer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Elmire in "Tartuffe" Target entity description: Elmire in "Tartuffe" is the intelligent and virtuous wife of Orgon who cleverly exposes the hypocrisy and lechery of the impostor Tartuffe in Molière’s classic comedy.
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A.
Tartuffe
Tartuffe is a classic 17th-century French comedic play by Molière that satirizes religious hypocrisy through the story of a pious fraud who deceives a wealthy household.
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B.
Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons
Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons is a cunning, aristocratic schemer who orchestrates intricate games of seduction and revenge in 18th-century French high society.
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C.
Cunégonde
Cunégonde is a central character in Voltaire’s satirical novella "Candide," known as Candide’s beloved whose misfortunes and changing fortunes mirror the work’s critique of optimism and society.
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D.
Madame Vabre
Madame Vabre is a fictional bourgeois woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the hypocrisies and moral decay of Parisian middle-class society in the 19th century.
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E.
Madame Merle
Madame Merle is a sophisticated, manipulative socialite in Henry James’s novel "The Portrait of a Lady," known for her calculated influence over the heroine Isabel Archer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
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fictional character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | comedy ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | French ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Tartuffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorNationality | French ⓘ |
| characterInAct |
Act II of Tartuffe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Act III of Tartuffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Act IV of Tartuffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Act V of Tartuffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Orgon’s gullibility
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Tartuffe’s hypocrisy ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
NERFINISHED
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Molière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demonstratesTheme |
appearance versus reality
ⓘ
hypocrisy in religious devotion ⓘ |
| employerOf | Dorine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exposes | Tartuffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exposesTrait |
hypocrisy of Tartuffe
ⓘ
lechery of Tartuffe ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Tartuffe universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
foil to Tartuffe
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moral center of the household ⓘ voice of reason ⓘ |
| hasCharacterTrait |
composed
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intelligent ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ resourceful ⓘ virtuous ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Orgon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| notableScene | Elmire’s plan to trap Tartuffe in Act IV ⓘ |
| opposesCharacter | Tartuffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cléante
NERFINISHED
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Dorine NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariane NERFINISHED ⓘ Orgon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sceneInvolves | hiding Orgon under the table ⓘ |
| sisterInLawOf | Cléante NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stepmotherOf | Mariane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testsCharacter | Tartuffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesStrategy | staged seduction to reveal Tartuffe ⓘ |
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Subject: Elmire in "Tartuffe" Description of subject: Elmire in "Tartuffe" is the intelligent and virtuous wife of Orgon who cleverly exposes the hypocrisy and lechery of the impostor Tartuffe in Molière’s classic comedy.
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