Tartuff and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Conflicts with Society
             Society has caused some books to be banned and others to be praised. Society as a theme has always been controversial because it usually portrays people of high rank in society as either evil or heroic. In Virgil's The Aneid, the Roman society is portrayed as heroic and the book was put on a pedestal for it. In other stories such as Tartuffe and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the view of society has not been so kind. In both of these stories the characters struggle against society. In Tartuffe the main characters fight against Tartuffe, the man that represents all that is wrong with society. Huckleberry Finn, on the other hand, is constantly running away from society, which constrains him and forces him to actually believe that he is evil because he chooses to go against it. In the two controversial stories, Tartuffe and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the characters are caught in a struggle with society and are forced to follow their instincts that defy what society tells them to do.
             In Moliere's play Tartuffe, Orgon, the head of the household, is infatuated with a man named Tartuffe. Tartuffe is a man who claims to be deeply religious, but only does this to take advantage of people like Orgon. Orgon believes that Tartuffe is his guide to salvation. He does not see through Tartuffe's mask but buys into it and bequeaths all he owns to him. Orgon's family is the group of characters caught in the struggle with Tartuffe and hence society. Orgon's family includes his wife Elmire, his son Damis, his
             daughter Maryine, his mother Madam Parnel, Dorine, the lady's maid, and Cleante his wife's brother. This group sees through Tartuffe and constantly fights against him. In response to their struggles Orgon's blindness to Tartuffe only increases. To flatter Tartuffe Orgon tries to promise his daughter, Mariane, to marry Tar...