Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s short play called The Love Suicides at Amijima and Voltaire’s story Candied portrays life of two different protagonists striving though thick and thin to spend their lives with the person they love. Both the stories have a similar societal dispute despite the fact that they had a different ending.
The Love Suicides at Amijima portrays life of a paper merchant Jihei in love with a prostitute named Koharu. Jihei is married to a lady named Osan and is a father of two children. Whereas, Koharu was confined by a contract to be a prostitute with a hopeless escape clause. The only way she can trigger the release clause is by paying a lot of money. One day she met Jihei and expressed her feelings about killing herself rather …show more content…
They both decided to save Cunegonde from “the governor” and Candide tells Cunegonde’s brother that he wanted to marry her. The infuriated brother says, ‘You would have the audacity to marry my sister who has seventy-two quarterings! I consider it great effrontery on your part to date speak to me of so rash an intention’ (Voltaire 142). Even though Candide has offered his help to save Cunegonde, the brother still couldn’t accept the fact that Candide would marry his own sister. His reaction showed if Cunegonde did end up this Candide, she would lose every shred dignity she had at that time. That is how the society thought of these situations at that …show more content…
Both Jihei and Koharu made a pact that they would kill themselves and they did end up doing exactly that. They died together because of love. Candide on the other hand had to travel millions of miles to meet his loved one. He has pretty much travelled every single continent except Antarctica. He left a gold mine like Eldorado in search of Cunegonde. His love for Cunegonde was impeccable. But after seeing her condition, Candide was disgusted. Candide felt obligated to marry her since he gave her his word. The key difference here is that in one story the couples killed each other satisfying their needs whereas the other story the couples forced themselves to marry each other completely against their
The Love Suicides at Amijima portrays life of a paper merchant Jihei in love with a prostitute named Koharu. Jihei is married to a lady named Osan and is a father of two children. Whereas, Koharu was confined by a contract to be a prostitute with a hopeless escape clause. The only way she can trigger the release clause is by paying a lot of money. One day she met Jihei and expressed her feelings about killing herself rather …show more content…
They both decided to save Cunegonde from “the governor” and Candide tells Cunegonde’s brother that he wanted to marry her. The infuriated brother says, ‘You would have the audacity to marry my sister who has seventy-two quarterings! I consider it great effrontery on your part to date speak to me of so rash an intention’ (Voltaire 142). Even though Candide has offered his help to save Cunegonde, the brother still couldn’t accept the fact that Candide would marry his own sister. His reaction showed if Cunegonde did end up this Candide, she would lose every shred dignity she had at that time. That is how the society thought of these situations at that …show more content…
Both Jihei and Koharu made a pact that they would kill themselves and they did end up doing exactly that. They died together because of love. Candide on the other hand had to travel millions of miles to meet his loved one. He has pretty much travelled every single continent except Antarctica. He left a gold mine like Eldorado in search of Cunegonde. His love for Cunegonde was impeccable. But after seeing her condition, Candide was disgusted. Candide felt obligated to marry her since he gave her his word. The key difference here is that in one story the couples killed each other satisfying their needs whereas the other story the couples forced themselves to marry each other completely against their