Monster Essays - Voltaire's Candide: One Man's Search For True Happiness and Acceptance of Life's Disappointments
Voltaire's Candide: One Man's Search For True Happiness and Acceptance of Life's
Disappointments
Voltaire's Candide is a philosophical tale of one man's search for true
happiness and his ultimate acceptance of life's disappointments. Candide grows
up in the Castle of Westfalia and is taught by the learned philosopher Dr.
Pangloss. Candide is abruptly exiled from the castle when found kissing the
Baron's daughter, Cunegonde. Devastated by the separation from Cunegonde, his
true love, Candide sets out to different places in the hope of finding her and
achieving total happin....
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