Overview
Character Name
Elmire
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Time & Place
17th century france, a wealthy house in paris
Analysis
Elmire is Orgon’s second wife, and stepmother to his children. Even though she is quite a bit younger than her husband, Elmire is abundantly more mature than he. She is perceptive and realizes that Tartuffe, her husband’s hero and houseguest, is a hypocrite who is
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