Essays on Candide

This article traces a historical shift in moral and political thought. There is a commonplace in François Fénelon’s ‘The Adventures of Telemachus, Son of Ulysses’ and Voltaire’s ‘Candide’, as the two authors base their tales in the political context of the late seventeenth and early…

If a person experiences tons of tragedies, then, can the person still have hope for tomorrow? The answer is probably no. When people lose everything without themselves, how do they think to live for tomorrow? A novel tells the answer to these: Candide, written by…

Candide is a satire that was first published in 1759 by French writer, philosopher, and historian Voltaire, who lived during the Age of Enlightenment. This book satirizes the Utopianism, and other philosophical revelations that had spread among some of the movements truest believers. (Denis Diderot,…

The conclusion to Voltaire’s novel Candide is rather interesting as it depicts how humans can develop throughout their life, some might even see themselves through Candide’s story. What makes his journey so interesting is the fact that Candide has lived the life of a satire,…

The Age of Vanity The Enlightenment was an age of intellectual revolution, in which enlightened individuals either challenged or supported the paradigmatic goals of the time through great philosophical works. Scientific advancements assisted with the movement to stray away from the powers that had been…

Voltaire’s Eldorado by the Standards of More’s Utopia Everyone has heard the word “utopia.” It is often used in passing by idealistic characters as they reference a perfect but non-existent town or city, usually in contrast to the shoddy world that lends itself to the…

You Can’t Always Get What You Want In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and Candide by Voltaire, both the monster and Candide are tossed into the real world and forced to fend for themselves. Although these two stories seem as if they have nothing in common…