Elmire

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Elmire is a central character in Molière’s comedy "Tartuffe," known as Orgon’s perceptive and virtuous wife who helps expose the hypocrisy of Tartuffe.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Elmire canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
aimsToConvince Orgon ⓘ
appearsIn Tartuffe ⓘ
appearsInLanguage French ⓘ
associatedWith Orgon’s household ⓘ
centralToPlot exposure of Tartuffe’s hypocrisy ⓘ
characterInAct Act II of Tartuffe ⓘ
linked to: Tartuffe

Act III of Tartuffe ⓘ
linked to: Tartuffe

Act IV of Tartuffe ⓘ
linked to: Tartuffe

Act V of Tartuffe ⓘ
linked to: Tartuffe
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Molière ⓘ
daughterInLawOf Madame Pernelle ⓘ
deceives Tartuffe ⓘ
exposes Tartuffe ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1664 ⓘ
genreOfWork comedy ⓘ
knownFor composure ⓘ
intelligence ⓘ
moral clarity ⓘ
prudence ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
language French ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
moralAlignment virtuous ⓘ
narrativeFunction foil to Tartuffe ⓘ
voice of reason ⓘ
opposes Tartuffe ⓘ
partOf French classical theatre ⓘ
relativeOf Cléante ⓘ
Damis ⓘ
Madame Pernelle ⓘ
Mariane ⓘ
Orgon ⓘ
roleInTheme critique of religious hypocrisy ⓘ
defense of moderation ⓘ
defense of reason ⓘ
sisterInLawOf Cléante ⓘ
spouseOf Orgon ⓘ
stepmotherOf Damis ⓘ
Mariane ⓘ
usesStratagem staged seduction scene ⓘ
workForm verse comedy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tartuffe → mainCharacter → Elmire ⓘ
Elmira → hasVariant → Elmire ⓘ
subject linked to: Elmira (female given name)
Orgon → opposedBy → Elmire ⓘ
Madame Pernelle → criticizes → Elmire ⓘ
Mariane → hasStepMother → Elmire ⓘ
Dorine → supportsCharacter → Elmire ⓘ