VOLTAIRE'S CANDIDE

VOLTAIRE'S CANDIDE

Abstract

Voltaire's Candide is fictional story in which Candide acknowledge superstitious tradition about people of Lisbon, but at end its being confirmed that his beliefs of equality based is become a false superstitious. His entire life spend to avoid being killed. Later he know that people of Lisbon spend their entire life undergone including enslavement, cannibalism and being brutally raped.

Voltaire's Candide Summary

Voltaire's Candide is a fictional story whose main character was Candide. In this story People of Lisbon history described as they lives their life as slaves, being brutally raped, physically exiled and tortured whenever their boss need pleasure. However, Candide always try to save himself in order to avoid being killed by boss. Candide also spend his entire life to avoid himself for being killed (Bulgarians and Cunegonde) (Voltaire, 2007). Story of Voltaire's Candide starts by the acknowledgement of superstitious tradition that held by the people of Lisbon city but at the end of story its been confirm that belief of Voltaire on religion about equality based is become a false superstitious.

After arrival of Voltaire Candide in London with Pangloss he is being whipped and get injured, but eventually saved by an old woman who dresses his wounds and took him Cunegonde, his love (Voltaire, 2007). Later, all three of them successfully able to escape after two powerful master of Cunegonde killed by Candide. On their way, old women told them she is the daughter of pope and tried hundred times to kill herself, she has spend her entire life undergone including enslavement, cannibalism and being brutally raped as a pleasure of masters (Papadimos, 2007). This is clear indication that although popes should also not allowed to get married, they also give birth to the children who live without father and have horrible experiences for their children slaves undergo. This story indicates that religion is based on the false superstitions.

Essay

Voltaire wrote Candide, his most famous satire in 1759. At that time the French had almost sixty years old and his fights with the government, judicial systems, and the church were already well established. The book was immediately banned in certain circles and did not exacerbate these grievances.  Candide is the story of a young, innocent as salty, which maintains a staunch optimism while suffering many calamities. The book is narrated in the third person, with quite dynamic and short chapters. In them, Voltaire posits a simple premise, deep, and now: things ...