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	Candide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sardonic in outlook, it follows the naïve protagonist Candide from his first exposure to the precept that "all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds," and on through a series of adventures that dramatically disprove that precept even as the protagonist clings to it.
		Candide, ou l'Optimisme, (English: Candide, or Optimism) (1759) is a picaresque novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire.
		In Candide, Leibniz is represented by the philosopher Pangloss, the tutor of the title character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Candide (1401 words)

	Candide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sardonic in outlook, it follows the naïve protagonist Candide from his first exposure to the precept that "all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds," and on through a series of adventures that dramatically disprove that precept even as the protagonist clings to it.
		Candide, ou l'Optimisme, (English: Candide, or Optimism) (1759) is a picaresque novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire.
		In Candide, Leibniz is represented by the philosopher Pangloss, the tutor of the title character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Candide (1401 words)

	Candide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sardonic in outlook, it follows the naïve protagonist Candide from his first exposure to the precept that "all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds," and on through a series of adventures that dramatically disprove that precept even as the protagonist clings to it.
		Candide, ou l'Optimisme, (English: Candide, or Optimism) (1759) is a picaresque novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire.
		In Candide, Leibniz is represented by the philosopher Pangloss, the tutor of the title character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Candide (1423 words)

	SparkNotes: Candide: Analysis of Major Characters
		Candide is the protagonist of the novel, but he is bland, naïve, and highly susceptible to the influence of stronger characters.
		At the end of the novel, Candide rejects Pangloss’s philosophizing in favor of the practical labor that is introduced to him by the old farmer.
		Like Candide, Pangloss is not a believable character; rather, he is a distorted, exaggerated representation of a certain kind of philosopher whose personality is inseparable from his philosophy.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/candide/canalysis.html (1423 words)

	NovelGuide: Candide: Character Profiles
		Candide- Candide is Voltaire’s optimistic (sometimes naively so) protagonist throughout the work.
		Though throughout the novel Candide tries valiantly to hold onto the teaching of his tutor, Pangloss, who subscribes to the philosophy that maintains that all things are for the best, his experience continues to show him otherwise.
		She, like Candide and Pangloss, is also inclined to believe in optimism, though her personal belief in the philosophy is not stressed.
	www.novelguide.com /candide/characterprofiles.html (1423 words)

	GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Candide - Character List
		Candide: protagonist and illegitimate son of the Baron's sister
		Mynheer Vanderdendur: a Dutch trader who steals Candide's fortune and later dies; slavemaster whose brutality causes Candide to lose faith in the doctrine of optimism espoused by Pangloss
		Jacques the Anabaptist: benefactor to Candide killed during a shipwreck
	www.gradesaver.com /ClassicNotes/Titles/candide/charlist.html (1423 words)

	FRENCH 41
		In Voltaire’s novel Candide, both Dr. Pangloss and Martin play important parts in the philosophical education of the originally naïve and highly impressionable young protagonist Candide himself.
		Voltaire’s novel Candide is not only a refutation of optimistic rationalism of the sort expressed in Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man but also an energetic attack by a Deist on traditional Christianity, ironically mocking its agencies (for example, the Roman Catholic and Protestant clergy, the Inquisition, the Society of Jesus [the Jesuits]) and their representatives.
		In its structure and narration, Voltaire’s Candide (1759) is a deliberate parody of the so-called "Byzantine Novel" already popular for well over a thousand years by that time.
	www.unc.edu /~fwvogler/fren41/spring/Voltairers2.html (326 words)

	Candy (1968 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The story bears a marked similarity to Voltaire's Candide, including its naïve protagonist (switched from male to female), its penchant for exploring human sexuality, the protagonist's far-reaching travels, and her attempt to find some basic Good in humanity among all its charlatans and hypocrites.
		Whereas Candide is generally taken advantage of for a variety of reasons/uses, however, Candy herself is almost always sought after for her sexual appeal.
		Candy is a 1968 film directed by Christian Marquand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Candy_(movie) (256 words)

	Baltimore City Paper: ARTS Biting Satire, Brisk Pace Equal a Cheery Voltaire
		Given its turbulent, ever-changing history, Candide, the musical, shares a background with Candide, the long-suffering, much-traveled protagonist of Voltaire's satirical 1759 novel of initiation.
		Initially a collaboration between cultural superstars and anti-McCarthyist lefties Leonard Bernstein and Lillian Hellman, Candide sputtered out of the gates when it opened in 1956 but was resuscitated 18 years later by a new book (by Hugh Wheeler) and the directorial acumen of Broadway legend Harold Prince.
		Adapted by Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur and Hugh Wheeler
	www.citypaper.com /arts/story.asp?id=4433 (742 words)

	TV 'Candide' is ragged and rousing
		Yet for all its charm, intelligence and musical allure, "Candide," like its protagonist, remains something of an orphan.
		It begins in an 18th century Westphalian school, when the bastard Candide (Groves), the privileged Cunegonde (Chenoweth), Cunegonde's snarky gay brother Maximillian (Jeff Blumenkrantz) and a curvy servant (Janine LaManna) take their wisdom from the sage and sublimely mad Dr. Pangloss (Allen, who doubles as a narrator).
		Chenoweth's account of "Glitter and Be Gay," a courtesan's frantically ambivalent reflection on her lot, suffers from a shade too much stage business and musical undercutting.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/11/DDGE5AN3F91.DTL&type=printable (908 words)

	Candide - QuickSeek Encyclopedia
		Sardonic in outlook, it follows the naïve protagonist Candide from his first exposure to the precept that "all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds," and on through a series of adventures that dramatically disprove that precept even as the protagonist clings to it.
		The novel satirizes the philosophy of Gottfried Leibniz and is a showcase of the horrors of the 18th century world.
		Despite a series of misfortunes and misadventures, Pangloss continually asserts that tout est au mieux ("everything is for the best") and that he lives in le meilleur des mondes possibles ("the best of all possible worlds").
	candide.quickseek.com (1366 words)

	Glamorama
		The surprise of his ambitious new 482-page novel, Glamorama, is that Ellis has reinvigorated his style with a more reader-friendly comic energy and a hapless Candide-like protagonist.
		Here is where Glamorama revisits the graphic horrors of American Psycho, reconfigured this time around for a commentary on real-world violence versus the comfortable distance we’re used to from CNN and newspaper accounts of geopolitical struggles.
		In fact, Glamorama evolves into a looking-glass alternate reality in which Victor is simultaneously living the book’s story and acting in a movie version of the story.
	www.culturevulture.net /Books/glamorama.htm (959 words)

	Times & Free Press Movie Reviews: "Girl 6"
		"Girl 6," the new film from Spike Lee, is a comedy in the same sense that Voltaire's "Candide" is a comedy: The story is more concerned with laughing at society than with encouraging society to laugh at it.
		"Girl 6" also offers a compelling test-of-innocence story: It threatens a likable, widely identifiable protagonist with corruption, even as it gives her the opportunity to rise above it and triumph.
		Girl 6 and her colleagues know better than to confuse the role-playing with real life, although Girl 6 must at length forget that the real reason she has joined the scam is to raise enough money to leave New York.
	www.timesfreepress.com /cityscape/diversions/filmfinder/girl6.html (401 words)

	American Scientist Online - Looking for Dr. Pangloss
		It inspired, for example, Voltaire's satirical novel Candide, in which the titular protagonist is constantly asking his tutor, the ever-optimistic Dr. Pangloss, about how to reconcile the woes of the world with the existence of a benevolent God.
		The scale of this 18th-century disaster and its devastating impact on Lisbon—then an important center of Catholicism—engendered much philosophical questioning about the nature of divine justice.
		So the lesson from history is clear enough: Subduction-zone earthquakes in the Atlantic can also create destructive tsunamis.
	www.americanscientist.org /template/AssetDetail/assetid/40802;_tqI86 (1037 words)

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