The play Tartuffe is quite opposite of Othello and Oedipus the King. ... Elmire is another female character in Tartuffe. ... When she sees Tartuffe for what he is she does what is necessary to keep her family together. ... She plays the victim in order to convince her husband of Tartuffe's trickery, she consorts with Tartuffe to secure her daughters marriage; she does whatever is in her power to do for the greater good regardless of how it may affect her or make her feel. ... She reluctantly agrees to break off her engagement with Valere to marry Tartuffe as her father orders and when sh...

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