1.  For Tartuffe Presentations:

Present your act in 90 seconds.
Cut what's not needed or important, including characters, and paraphrase, to shorten the original text.
Focus on the MAIN conflicts.
Identify who is playing what character.
Film your act.
Present your short film to the class.


2.  Tartuffe Presentations due Thursday, Nov. 5.

3.  Tartuffe Vocab list:  Test Thursday, Nov. 5.



Fervor- Passion

Carping- griping
Bigot- intolerant of others.
censures- stops
dissemble- try to confuse
seethe- bubble up with anger
usurp- take over
precepts- rule
prophesy- prediction
promiscuous- slutty
malicious- mean
decree- law make a law
illicit- sinful, illegal, usually in a sexual way
vehemently- intense
enthrall- really like it
coquettes- some one who flirts
recourse- action
zealous- zeal- really, really care.
austere- strict
din- noise
folly- foolishness
infatuated- obsession
engender- cause
insolent- talking back
dotes- really loves
inquisition- quest to find out who is guilty
juxtapose- next to
verbatim- exactly
trifles- tiny bits
impiety- something socially wrong.
pious- religious
dupes- fools
infidel- someone not religious
piety- religiousness
pretense- pretending
reverence- revering or believing something/ someone