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This is the first 1,000 characters of 457 words (1.83 pages) in the essay titled Candide by Voltaire In the novel, Candide, Voltaire uses many literary writing tools to prove the points in which he believes. Some of these many literary tools are irony, satire, and symbolism. Through these tools, Voltaire proves that greed is a universal vice, and usually ends in ones own destruction.Voltaire strongly emphasizes his pessimistic view throughout the story. During Chapter 10, he uses his philosophies, as well as other literary tools, to present greed as a devastating factor of society’s corruption. For example, Cunegonde found that someone had stolen her money and jewels. “Who could have stolen my money and diamonds? …I strongly suspect a reverend Franciscan who slept in the same inn with us last night in Badajoz.”(Pg. 40) She was sure that the thief was the reverend; how is it that money can makes someone so holly, corrupt enough to make a sin? Voltaire uses irony here to show the pessimistic view of greed overcoming a holly person’s wholesomeness. “’Madam, you have seventy-two years of nobility, but not one penny. You now have the chance to become the wife of a man who’s the greatest lord in South America and has a very handsome mustache.” (Pg. 51) Cunegonde was ready to marry a man all for money, not on love. Voltaire satirized philosophical optimism. He used exaggerations and berated all the petty inhumanities of society. This scene, where Cunegonde ponders whether or not to marry a man for money, supports Voltaire’s overall theme of pessimism. Candide and C... |
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