In comedic texts, words are used not only to tell a comical story, but also to show the audience what the playwrights were trying to express. Specifically, in narrative comedic texts such as Molierre's "Tartuffe" written physical language are used to carry the plots as well as expose humor, arrogance, religious criticisms, manipulation, corrosive discourse, and hypocrisy. This play contains many conditions which are evident in real life situations. Tartuffe isn't to far off from …
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…shows that Moliere was not criticizing religion but the people involved. Moliere uses discourse by exposing the weakness and injustice of the clergy to the readers using his characters. In his preface to the play, Moliere quotes a conversation between the King and the prince in which the prince explains that the clergy was not offended by Moliere making game of religion, "but Moliere's makes game of them; it is that which they cannot tolerate