Justice and Injustice in TartuffeA theme of the play Tartuffe is justice. Justice, or lack of justice, can be seen in the relationship between father and son, father and daughter, guest and host. Lacanian philosophy, which focuses on language and the conflict that man feels due to a disintegration of unity, can be used to examine injustice as it manifests in masculine conflict within the room. According to Lacan, a male child experiences a conflict with his father, associated with language and therefore with otherness. Once a child enters the world of language, he loses the feeling of unity with his mother. In Tartuffe the Father, Orgon is in conflict with his son, Damis. Damis is a reckless man who does not think fully before choosing a course of action, as evidenced when he abruptly says: "I'm going to go and denounce him to [Tartuffe], I have no more patience" (3.1.10). ). He talks verbally with his father, who is completely smitten with Tartuffe's behavior, to see Tartuffe as he is. After listening to the conversation between Elmire, Orgon's wife, and Tartuffe, Damis is convinced that he has the evidence he needs to convince Orgon of his position, as indicated when he says, "And now I have proof that it’s possible.” the incredulous proof furnished to me by Heaven above” (3.4.24-25). 1 will then destroy his father's opinion on Tartuffe. Orgon, however, upon learning that Damis caught Tartuffe trying to seduce Elmire, immediately takes a defensive stance and instead of believing his own son, claims the accusation is false and defends the stranger. saying, “Ah, you deceitful boy, how dare you try / To stain her purity with such a vile lie?” (3.6.15-16). He scolds him:......in the middle of a paper......time just before meeting Tartuffe. There is a lot of injustice in the play Tartuffe. This injustice as well as the justice that triumphs often occurs through the use of language with the aim of establishing either law or love. Sometimes a character adopts this language through association with other characters, and other times in reaction to other characters' use of this language. Whatever the source, language is a common means of expressing justice or its opposite. This language is used by the characters following the conflict that a man feels as described by Lacan, which most often results in the expression of an injustice. The expression of injustice is based on language because man, by being exposed to language, is projected into a world of alienation and has experienced injustice from his first experience with language..