Throughout Voltaire’s writing of Candide, there were multiple examples of moral evil and a few about physical evil. Moral evil is the final cause of commitment to a bad decision that is followed by a chain of negative occurrences such as murder, cruelty, selfishness, arrogance, stealing, racism, the exclusion of people, and no compassion for others. Physical evil, which is also known as natural evil, can be described as natural catastrophes, such a earthquakes, diseases and storms.
The very first examples of moral evil were social snobbery and pride, which lead to Candide being kicked out of the castle of the Baron of Thunder-Ten-Tronckh in the very beginning of the book. These same reasons apply to the Baron’s son, the Jesuit, who refused …show more content…
Preachers in Surinam persecuted Martin because they thought he was a Socinian, which were people that did not believe in the Trinity and denied original sin.
Cunégonde and her servant the Old Woman, formally known as Princess of Palestrina, both experienced sexual slavery. The Old Woman also experienced fraud and duplicity when the eunuch promised her back to Italy but sold her as a slave instead. The Dutch pirate stole Candide’s riches in Surinam.
Bad medical practice is also a moral evil. While in Paris, Candide is almost dies because of the terrible medical practices. While he was ill, a local curate tried to extort him by attempting to force Candide to buy a certificate of orthodoxy so he’d be buried in hallow ground.
Disease was the first physical evil that was introduced in Candide. Voltaire specifically describes syphilis. It is sexually transmitted but that doesn’t make it any less of a physical evil. Candide, Pangloss, and Jacques were aboard a ship during a dreadful storm and it sank as they were approaching Lisbon. Then there was the earthquake that struck which caused fire and tidal waves that destroyed one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and caused a large amount of deaths and
The very first examples of moral evil were social snobbery and pride, which lead to Candide being kicked out of the castle of the Baron of Thunder-Ten-Tronckh in the very beginning of the book. These same reasons apply to the Baron’s son, the Jesuit, who refused …show more content…
Preachers in Surinam persecuted Martin because they thought he was a Socinian, which were people that did not believe in the Trinity and denied original sin.
Cunégonde and her servant the Old Woman, formally known as Princess of Palestrina, both experienced sexual slavery. The Old Woman also experienced fraud and duplicity when the eunuch promised her back to Italy but sold her as a slave instead. The Dutch pirate stole Candide’s riches in Surinam.
Bad medical practice is also a moral evil. While in Paris, Candide is almost dies because of the terrible medical practices. While he was ill, a local curate tried to extort him by attempting to force Candide to buy a certificate of orthodoxy so he’d be buried in hallow ground.
Disease was the first physical evil that was introduced in Candide. Voltaire specifically describes syphilis. It is sexually transmitted but that doesn’t make it any less of a physical evil. Candide, Pangloss, and Jacques were aboard a ship during a dreadful storm and it sank as they were approaching Lisbon. Then there was the earthquake that struck which caused fire and tidal waves that destroyed one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and caused a large amount of deaths and