Candide-Purposeful Satire
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Candide - Voltaire's Writing Style
In Candide, Voltaire uses many writing techniques which can also
be found in the works of Cervantes, Alighieri, Rabelais and Moliere.
The use of the various styles and conventions shows that, despite the
passage of centuries and the language differences, certa ....
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.... a gentleman about whether everything is for the best in the
physical world as well as the moral universe. The man replies:
...I believe nothing of the sort. I find that everything goes wrong in
our world; that nobody knows his place in society or his
duty, what he's doing or what he ought to be doing, and that outside
of mealtimes...the rest of the day is spent in useless
quarrels...-it's one unending warfare.
By having this character take on such a pessimistic tone, h ....
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