Analysis_Of_Candide

Analysis Of Candide Analysis of Candide The setting in Voltaire’s “Candide” is important, since Candied is a travelogue the setting plays a major role in the story line. As the setting changes the events and challenges the characters endures change as well. One major aspect that influences the setting is the political attitude of the time. The social structure is another aspect during the enlightenment that affects the setting as it directly relates to what the characters knows and owns. Voltaire uses the religious attitude of the time to create the setting as well. The changing of the settings provide an outlet for new adventures. The primary source of government is a monarchy when Voltaire writes Candide. This takes his characters to many adventures in lands where kings and nobility rule. The story in West Phalia were candied is born in the castle of the baron of Thunder-Yen-Tronckh. Pangloss is the oracle of this castle; he gives instructions on metaphysico-theologico-cosmoloonigology. Prangloss proves to Candide that there can not be a cause without an effect. This is the beginning of Candide's philosophy of all things happen for the best and sets the knowledge aspect of candide, setting, time, story, social, enlightenment, changes, voltaire, old, influences, characters, castle, period, during, attitude, woman’s, woman, while, voltaire’s, tells, takes, status, soldiers, servant, religious, political, new, candied, born, aspect, adventures, writes, women, understanding