Throughout Voltaire’s Candide and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels‚ the main characters of the works (Candide and Gulliver respectively) serve as vehicles for satire through which the authors can convey their views. It is important to note that both Candide and Gulliver serve as irons throughout the book; that is to say‚ the reader is shown irony through the actions of these characters‚ while at the same time the characters are naïve and remain oblivious to their situation (on a satiric level
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Candide 1) What is the relationship between Candide’s adventures and Pangloss’s teachings? In Candide‚ we see lives filled with struggles and tragedy. Although Candide witnessed and fell victim to worldly evils of cruelty and suffering‚ he maintained his optimistic views through much of the novel. Candide picked up this idea of optimism through Pangloss’s teachings. Although he did not see any good reasons to disbelieve Pangloss’s teachings while living in the Baron’s castle‚ once in the outside
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Pangloss’s philosophy of life is that all is for the best in the “best of all possible worlds.” This optimistic philosophy actually is the key element of Voltaire’s satire. Pangloss’s philosophy is against the ideas of the Enlightenment period. Pangloss believes that a powerful God had created the world and that‚ therefore‚ the world must be perfect. When creatures of the world‚ see something as wrong or evil‚ it is because they do not understand the ultimate good that will come out of it. Voltaire
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Utopia Vs. Dystopia Each person has their own vision of utopia. Utopia means an ideal state‚ a paradise‚ a land of enchantment. It has been a central part of the history of ideas in Western Civilization. Philosophers and writers continue to imagine and conceive plans for an ideal state even today. They use models of ideal government to express their ideas on contemporary issues and political conditions. Man has never of comparing the real and ideal‚ actuality and dream‚ and the stark facts
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WRITE AN ESSAY OF 1‚500 WORDS IN WHICH YOU COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE TWO PASSAGES BELOW‚ TAKEN FROM BEHN’S ’_OROONOKO_’ OR THE ROYAL SLAVE AND VOLTAIRE’S ’_CANDIDE_’‚ OR OPTIMISM. IN YOUR DISCUSSION PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE WAYS IN WHICH THE CONTEXTS OF EUROPEAN COLONISATION AND EXPLORATION INFORM THE TWO PASSAGES. Aphra Bhen was a prolific female playwright and author during the restoration period of English history. Bhen herself stood by the power of the monarchy. Her book ’_Oroonoko_’
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Hobbes vs. Locke Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were known as Social Contract Theorists‚ and Natural Law Theorists. The two men both had very strong views on freedom and how a country should be governed. Thomas Hobbes had more of a Pessimistic view while John locke had more of an Optimistic view. Hobbes and Locke believed in a type of Social Contract between the Government and being governed. Hobbes believed in Absolute Monarchs and Locke believed in the will of people being governed. Hobbes opposed
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An optimistic comparison of British National Healthcare and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act During the past 5 years we have heard a great deal of rhetoric regarding socialism and healthcare as a result of the passing of the Affordable Care Act‚ particularly in how ACA compares to socialized medicine in England and the UK. The concerns of the people regarding socialism are important as our country is founded on capitalist principals‚ and to change those principals requires
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Summer vs. winter Each season has its own characteristics: heat of summer‚ falling leaves of fall‚ blooming flowers of spring‚ and the snow of winter. In the United States summer and winter are the two seasons that are distinguished from each other. Weather‚ food‚ clothing‚ activities change from summer to winter. In addition‚ alternating seasons would affect people’s mood and health. Summer and winter have completely different weather patterns. When people say summer‚ the first thing that comes
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Twelve angry men‚ by Reginald rose demonstrates that humans are flawed. Rose shows the flaws across those involved with the trial including the defendant himself‚ the twelve jurors and the witnesses. The play shows that flaws are not only a negative but can be as a positive. The play advocates accepting the realities of our flaws so that we may carry on with our lives in the best way possible. Twelve angry men shows the extensive imperfections human have. The trial draws on a rather bleak
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Amariah DeAmusategui Studzinski AP Language and Composition-4th 17th January 2012 C&C Presentation Love vs. Lust Love is defined as something you earn or gain in months or even for some people years‚ lust is simply defined as something you can gain in a matter of weeks or in some cases minuets. Love is like a complicated puzzle that you can only put together with one other person. Lust can be like a puzzle too but if you have various people helping you day in and day out then some of the pieces
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