In Tartuffe, throughout the play Orgon is in state of complete confusion and very lost of where he stands. He sees Tartuffe as a higher figure and listens to him as a master. Orgon makes many actions throughout the play emotionally that not only affect him but, his family as well. Orgon sees Tartuffe as his leader and gives him tremendous amount of respect even tough he does not know him well. The characters in Moliere's, Tartuffe make decisions based on their emotions, not reason.
             Orgon view Tartuffe as a man with respect but also feels bad for him. He sees Tartuffe as having a horrible life and that nothing has ever gone good for him. He has a relationship where he only concerned of Tartuffe, "Madame has a bad fever, two days ago, And a headache that really brought her low. Yes and Tartuffe?"(Act 1, Scene 3). Orgon hears news of his ill wife but can only care to wonder how Tartuffe is doing. Orgon wants to follow Tartuffe and this is why he bases his decisions based on his emotions and not reason. Later Orgon refers to Tartuffe as, "Poor fellow!"(236). In Orgon's mind he is feeling very bad for Tartuffe imagining that he had lived a horrid life with pain. In Orgon's mind he sees Tartuffe as a religious leader and feels he is doing a great deed by helping a religious leader. It seems that whatever is on Orgon's mind he thinks of what would be in the best interest of Tartuffe before himself or his family which will only hurt.
             Orgon is in a state of craziness where he is not only hurting himself but is hurting his family tremendously. Orgon treats Tartuffe as if he were his father. He orders his daughter to marry Tartuffe, "At all events, Heavens views Tartuffe with pleaser; And this is, after all, out greatest treasure"(529,30). This is yet another example how Orgon makes his decisions based on emotion he is not thinking about his family or anything odd about this. On his mind he see a leader of a church who he looks up ...