In the play Tartuffe Jean-Baptiste Moliere uses his characters to portray his ideas of the social and political standings of his time. One of the most controversial characters, besides Tartuffe himself, is Dorine. Although she is not a major character she has many traits that are worth mentioning. Dorine has very liberal actions for her time and is not portrayed in a way that women of that time should act. In Tartuffe, Moliere has used Orgon as an example of how the obsessive need to believe can cause man to be taken in by those who would cl ....