Elizabeth is the heroine of the book; she is naturally clever, witty and charismatic. She has the same satirical humour as her father but hers is somewhat less derivative, she is also the favourite of her father and as we respect his judgement we are open to liking her. In general she seems to have ...

The Easy to Fool Orgon in Tartuffe In Moliere’s comedy Tartuffe, the central character is not the title character, but Orgon, a reasonably well to do man of Paris who is married to his second wife, Elmire, and has a son, Damis, and a daughter, Mariane, from his first marriage. He’s a very gu...

Kate Chopin’s short story “Desiree’s Baby” involves strategic deception and heartless betrayal absorbing the life of Armand Aubigny. The disgust of living a life of secrecy leads Armand on a path of deceitfulness, cheating his wife and son of a normal life together. Armand is aware of his ...