Candide

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  Everything did work out for good, so did Voltaire achieve his goal of mocking the optimist, Leibniz, or did he prove Leibniz's theory right?

  Posted by lcheney86 on Sep 18, 2008 at 07:45 PM

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  Was it not incest between Candide and Cunegonde?

  Posted by cierraskye00 on Sep 17, 2008 at 05:59 PM

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  In "Candide," why does the old woman cling to life, even though she is miserable?

  Posted by kawaiicb on Sep 17, 2008 at 01:46 PM

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  Do you think Voltaire's real life experience provided motivation for the character of Candide? 

  Posted by racegirl36 on Sep 15, 2008 at 05:56 PM

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  What is Voltaire trying to tell us through this novel, "Candide"?

  Posted by william08 on May 26, 2008 at 11:26 AM

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  What does Candide learn through the book?

  Posted by elena92 on May 15, 2008 at 09:48 AM

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  In "Candide," what is a "Manichaeism"? What did "Manichaeism" impose?

  Posted by danielsong on May 15, 2008 at 05:44 AM

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  What is the old woman's story in "Candide"?

  Posted by joanakika on May 15, 2008 at 05:30 AM

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  Could pangloss's theory of "all is for the best be applied to modern day life.

  Posted by william08 on May 15, 2008 at 05:14 AM

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  In the novel "Candide," why did Candide leave Eldorado?

  Posted by gherhino on May 14, 2008 at 06:18 AM

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  Why would Candide and Cacambo leave the city of Eldorado when they had everything they wanted, and Cunegonde was about to marry another man?

  Posted by costanza on May 14, 2008 at 03:56 AM

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  Vanity (la vanité) can mean vain and conceited, or meaninglessness/ uselessness.  How is vanity portrayed and reflected in "Candide"? 

  Posted by drbrain on Apr 29, 2008 at 11:33 AM

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  How is Candide a satire of the philosophy of optimism?

  Posted by shandel06 on Apr 13, 2008 at 10:47 PM

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  Why do you think that Candide only talk about Cunegonde's beauty throughout the story? Do you think he got what he deserved in the end?

  Posted by heathercameron on Mar 31, 2008 at 06:40 AM

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  Do you think that Cunegonde was leading Candide on and shared in her brother's opinion that Candide was beneath their nobility? 

  Posted by bethpv on Mar 29, 2008 at 08:08 PM

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  In Candide, when they begin tending the garden, do you see it as turning their back on society because of strife or do you find a deeper meaning?

  Posted by aamorgan on Mar 28, 2008 at 06:05 AM

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  What do you make of Voltaire's constant jabs at people who crossed him during his life? Do you think it diminished the work in anyway?

  Posted by christoff123 on Mar 28, 2008 at 01:54 AM

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  Do you think that Candide was ever truly happy or was he always looking for something more than he had at that given moment in time?

  Posted by ayoung120107 on Mar 27, 2008 at 10:41 PM

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  What elements make "Candide" a universal story?

  Posted by doolzealot on Nov 26, 2007 at 11:54 AM

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  In Candide, how does Voltaire give the reader the feeling that evil does exist here on Earth?

  Posted by ksais on Nov 5, 2007 at 09:15 PM

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