The period, commonly known as the Age of Enlightenment, encountered movements that encouraged the rise of the French Revolution through philosophical ideas. This time of literature showed works of inclusive significance towards the Enlightenment period, also known as the age of reason.
Both Voltaire and Moliere were influential thinkers of the Enlightenment. Both of these gentlemen proved to be excellent writers judging by the representation of their works, Moliere’s Tartuffe and Voltaire’s Candide literature showed examples of inclusive significance towards the Enlightenment period. Both of these philosophers also showed the sense of intellectual thinking and displayed different forms of social criticism during their time.
Tartuffe, is a prime …show more content…
As portrayed in the play, Moliere advocates for the belief in religious moderation and criticizes conduct and religious hypocrisy.
Another idea was ignorance. Tartuffe shows this specific characteristic through one of the characters, Dorine. Dorine is the lady-maid to Mariane, Organs daughter. Because Dorine is someone with a low social standing, she is seen as ignorant because she is part of the low working class. However, she is much smarter and a lot more reasonable than Orgon.
Voltaire was a realist. Though he was not the greatest optimist, he was by far a pessimist. Voltaire recommended free thinking along with scientific reasoning. An example of Enlightenment that Voltaire refers to be that whatever happens may not always be for the best in many situations. Candide ridiculed The Enlightenment period with a variety of hypocritical behaviors. One of Voltaire’s ideas was that Candide is written as a story of a young man who witnesses evil throughout his …show more content…
Being exiled from the castle separated Candid for his one true love. He goes and sets out a journey to find her due to the circumstance. Candide encounters a few misfortunes throughout his journey. Such as being tortured when he went away to army training. Candide also finds his lover on this venture, he also gains a life of prosperity, which is also taken way. Yet again, Candide comes across his love Cunegonde, who is not as appealing as she was before. At this point of separation the feelings are gone as well as the wealth he once
Both Voltaire and Moliere were influential thinkers of the Enlightenment. Both of these gentlemen proved to be excellent writers judging by the representation of their works, Moliere’s Tartuffe and Voltaire’s Candide literature showed examples of inclusive significance towards the Enlightenment period. Both of these philosophers also showed the sense of intellectual thinking and displayed different forms of social criticism during their time.
Tartuffe, is a prime …show more content…
As portrayed in the play, Moliere advocates for the belief in religious moderation and criticizes conduct and religious hypocrisy.
Another idea was ignorance. Tartuffe shows this specific characteristic through one of the characters, Dorine. Dorine is the lady-maid to Mariane, Organs daughter. Because Dorine is someone with a low social standing, she is seen as ignorant because she is part of the low working class. However, she is much smarter and a lot more reasonable than Orgon.
Voltaire was a realist. Though he was not the greatest optimist, he was by far a pessimist. Voltaire recommended free thinking along with scientific reasoning. An example of Enlightenment that Voltaire refers to be that whatever happens may not always be for the best in many situations. Candide ridiculed The Enlightenment period with a variety of hypocritical behaviors. One of Voltaire’s ideas was that Candide is written as a story of a young man who witnesses evil throughout his …show more content…
Being exiled from the castle separated Candid for his one true love. He goes and sets out a journey to find her due to the circumstance. Candide encounters a few misfortunes throughout his journey. Such as being tortured when he went away to army training. Candide also finds his lover on this venture, he also gains a life of prosperity, which is also taken way. Yet again, Candide comes across his love Cunegonde, who is not as appealing as she was before. At this point of separation the feelings are gone as well as the wealth he once