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Essay / The Evildoer - 709
Sometimes it is difficult for people to see the truth about a certain situation because they want to believe that what is happening is a good thing. In Tartuffe, a play by Molière, the main character named Orgon is an elderly man who is obviously looking for something or someone who can restore his youth. When Tartuffe enters his life, Orgon feels like a man again. He sincerely believes that Tartuffe is a holy man with only good intentions and that everything he is and what he preaches is true. All the other characters seem to notice that Tartuffe is an imposter and try to warn Orgon. How can Orgon not realize that he is being manipulated and not listen to those close to him. Orgon may not want to admit the truth: he may have been wrong about Tartuffe. There is a lot of debate about religion and whether God exists. Some believe that religion was created by man, which has nothing to do with the existence of a God. When we truly have faith in religion, we are devoted to it and we become completely unaware of what is happening to us and those around us become fearful and arrogant. Orgon met Tartuffe at church and immediately became friends with each other. He then invites her to live with him at his home. Orgon is so fascinated by Tartuffe that he offers his daughters' hands in marriage after already agreeing to her marrying someone else, whom she truly loves and will commit suicide if she is forced to marry Tartuffe. There is also a moment where Orgon completely ignores his wife and her condition. When Tartuffe attempts to seduce Orgon's wife, which his son witnessed, he does not believe that Tartuffe is capable of such a thing and disowns his son. Which then, his wife proves to him that he tried... middle of paper... not to be accepted by others, another thing is that our mind, us, something to validate our life. We want to feel like there is something worth striving for after we die. We don't know much about things like the purpose of life and what happens after we die. We have many questions and few answers, so we look to religion to help us answer some of these questions. The mind is very powerful and that too we cannot explain. We do certain things that may not be good for us and try to make ourselves feel better. Religion can prevent people from seeing the truth about reality. There is no evidence that a benevolent being exists. Some people believe they have experienced this being, God, and therefore believe he exists. Belief is not limited to a certain type of group. We can say that religion prevents us from being and finding ourselves spiritually..