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Candide ~ Voltaire

Main Characters

The Old Woman

Cunégonde

  • Daughter of the Pope
  • Born princess of Palestrina
  • Servant to Cunégonde
  • Has had the most misfortunes out of all the characters in the novel
  • Her resilience helps her to remain hopeful
  • In contrast with the blind optimism of Candide and Pangloss, she possesses a hope that is genuine
  • Daughter of the Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh
  • Pursued by Candide
  • Young and beautiful
  • Has a bland personality

Cacambo

Martin

  • Candide’s royal servant
  • Always looking for adventure
  • He has little interest in philosophy
  • He is always on Candide’s side, despite his hardships
  • Due to his wittiness, he does not go through many hardships as the other characters
  • Manichaeist
  • Elderly scholar who has suffered a ton of hardships
  • Hired by Candide, he accompanies Candide on his journey throughout Europe
  • Extreme pessimist, exact opposite of Pangloss the optimist

Dr. Pangloss

Candide

  • Mentor of Candide and a philosopher
  • He is responsible for the book’s famous idea, “that all is for the best in this “best of all possible worlds.” His overly optimistic philosophy is Voltaire’s target in the satire.
  • His philosophy is a parody of enlightenment thinker G.W. von Leibniz, who believes that it is the all-powerful god who created a perfect world
  • main character of the novel
  • protagonist
  • good-hearted but hopelessly naive young man
  • mentor was Pangloss
  • He loved Cunégonde
  • Candide is less a realistic character than a conduit for the attitudes and events that surround him. His opinions and actions are determined almost entirely by the influence of outside factors
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