s own philosophy of deception: "there is a science, lately formulated/ whereby one's conscience may be liberated," "there is no evil till the act is known" (345)
             Question of the family's deserving of rescue, evidence of transformations, Orgon's enlightenment/recognition ("I saw it; saw it" 349); help of Valere (money, carriage, himself 353-354), Orgon's "I wish that I could show you/my gratitude for everything I owe you") cooperative action, forgiveness, gratitude, fulfillment of promises, humility ("let's go at once and, gladly kneeling, express the gratitude which all are feeling" 356); but temptations present even at the end (Orgon about to abuse Tartuffe 356); flattery of the king, also hint of relative undeserving of the family, strangeness of justice and truth in a crooked world.
             "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick." The reason is an ironically conceived attempt to "find out a fair, cheap, and easy Method" for converting the starving children of Ireland into "sound and useful members of the Commonwealth." Across the country poor children, predominantly Catholics, are living in squalor because their families are too poor to keep them fed and clothed.
             The author argues, by hard-edged economic reasoning as well as from a self-righteous moral stance, for a way to turn this problem into its own solution. His proposal, in effect, is to fatten up these undernourished children and feed them to Ireland's rich land-owners. Children of the poor could be sold into a meat market at the age of one, he argues, thus combating overpopulation and unemployment, sparing families the expense of child-bearing while providing them with a little extra income, improving the culinary experience of the wealthy, and contributing to the overall economic well-being of the nation.
             The author offers statistical support for h...