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    Authors often incorporate their political and philosophical views in their works. ​ Tartuffe​ ‚  a play by Molière‚ and ​ Candide​ ‚ a novella by Voltaire‚ deal with religion in society. ​ Tartuffe ​ is a  satire about the French upper class’ attitude toward religion. Molière finds fault with extreme  zealots and hypocrisy in religious people‚ and favors moderate beliefs. Voltaire’s ​ Candide​  mocks  Western society by criticizing their religious figures. Voltaire finds scientific reasoning and free  th

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    Candide‚ a satirical novel based in the 1750’s that not only ridicules all of society but none other than the church as well. When Voltaire wrote this novel he knew exactly how controversial his work would be considering that the church had control over the moral and social order of that time. Throughout the novel there are instances where he refers to religion as a serious matter and there are times when all he does is ridicule it. Voltaire leaves you wondering what exactly he meant to say and

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    Candide is an outlandishly humorous‚ far-fetched tale by Voltaire satirizing the optimism espoused by the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. It is the story of a young man’s adventures throughout the world‚ where he witnesses much evil and disaster. Throughout his travels‚ he adheres to the teachings of his tutor‚ Pangloss‚ believing that "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds." Candide is Voltaire’s answer to what he saw as an absurd belief proposed by the Optimists - an

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    Candide is a challenging book to read and analyze because the novel does not follow the writing style of a novel today. Despite this‚ the interactive oral was successful. My understanding of contextual and cultural considerations‚ including how and why certain characters partake in particular activities‚ expanded through the discussion. The discussion centered on who Candide‚ the main character‚ is. We concluded that Candide represents naivety. Developing Candide’s innocence and sheltering it‚

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    they’re worth discussing. In terms of how the sexes are portrayed in conjugation with the Enlightenment. The woman in Candide are written fairly well written for the time period‚ there are some complexities to their characters. Contrary to this‚ they’re either in the story for just a brief section‚ or there a goal for Candide. The

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    1. In the very first chapter Candide is literally kicked out of the “most beautiful and delightful of possible castles‚” expelled from an “earthly paradise.” At the end of the novel‚ he says “we must cultivate our garden.” What is Voltaire suggesting by framing his story in this way and by echoing the Biblical story of the Fall? 2. Why does Candide select Martin to be his travel companion? How do Martin’s views differ from Pangloss’? Offer specific details in the two philosophers’ outlooks—yes

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    specifically the theory of philosophic optimism. Throughout Voltaire’s novel‚ Candide‚ the optimism of the main character is tested repeatedly to exemplify his belief that philosophical optimism is illogical considering the events that occur in this world. Voltaire satirizes philosophical optimism throughout the entire novel‚ primarily by using using irony and exaggeration. The phrase taught by Pangloss and repeated by his disciples(Candide and Cunégonde)‚ “the best of all possible worlds”(Voltaire) is juxtaposed

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    All around the world the roles of the individual and of society are completely abstract. As the world changes and develops‚ the roles of the individual and society change to meet the needs of the people. Voltaire’s Candide which involves France during the Age of Enlightment & Marx & Engels’ Communist Manifesto which involves Germany around 1848 both discuss the roles of the individual and of society in different ways. In both pieces of literature what is expected of the individuals and of society

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    book (the failure of Leibnizian optimism) with what Candide perceives. There is a difference between when Pangloss interprets the world as a philosopher at the beginning‚ and the roots of starting to disbelieve - particularly look for a passage which "What have you have said‚ Master Pangloss‚ had you found such barbarities in nature? Would you not acknowledge that nature is corrupted‚ that all is not (for the best) -" in Chapter 9. In Candide men

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    Candide is a thought provoking and compelling story with each event of the plot carefully intertwined into the inner working of the story. The book is an impeccable example of typical 18th century writing style. The plethora of coincidences and connections is rather overwhelming at times‚ compelling the story to be more and more unbelievable as more of the ubiquitous vicissitudes pile up and connect everything back around‚ relating every new plot development or character to something else in the

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