Deaths of the characters are continually happening, yet Candide still insists that it was for the best and moves on …show more content…
Whether he had ended up with her or not, it would not matter to him since he would have believed it was “for the best”. With Cunégonde, Voltaire showed that in both situations, Candide would not have gotten a good result. If he did not end up with Cunégonde, his journey would have had no purpose and if he did end up with her, which he did, it turns out he does not love her as much as he thought seeing that he was disappointed after the loss her beauty. Pangloss, the next to be proclaimed as dead, represented foolishness seeing that he was reason for Candide being so naïve towards the situations that he faced. Before the death of Pangloss, Candide had to be flogged because of his relation with the philosopher and yet Candide still continues to question optimism when he should be more concerned about getting hurt. He asks, “If this is the best of all possible worlds, what are the others like?” (364). Clearly, by now the answer should be known that it is not the best and there are many flaws to discover in his world but he is still so foolishly blinded by the philosophy of optimism. In the end, he had to watch his greatest influence be hung to death which made Candide lose hope. When Candide found