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Voltaire lived during a time in history in which the tendency was to dismiss every event in life as being for the better good. ... In Candide, Voltaire holds his characters, whether the characters are good or bad, responsible for their own actions. This approach suggests that Voltaire’s view of human nature is largely pessimistic. In reality, Voltaire viewed human nature neither entirely in a negative light nor entirely in a positive light. ... He approaches life in the optimistic fashion which characterized Voltaire’s time. ... This paper will briefly discuss how Voltaire is showing us that there is that there is no one philosophic explanation of how the world works. ... Pangloss’ premise of optimism, however, is simply not supportable in the real world and Voltaire provides many characters to prove this point. ... Rather than betraying his master and taking the gold with which he has been trusted with, he proves himself to be not only a faithful servant but morally better compared to many of the other characters in Voltaire’s book. ... Each of Voltaire’s characters thus provides us a certain insight on the manner in which Voltaire viewed human nature--neither overly optimistic, nor overly pessimistic.
Approximate Word count = 910
Approximate Pages = 3.6
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