Similarities Between Tartuffe And Candide

Literary works generally acknowledge their authors aspects on distinct social issues. Tartuffe a play by Moliere, and Candide an abstract satire by Voltaire, both deal with the question of religion in society. Tartuffe is a satire on the position of the middle class toward religion in seventeenth-century France. Moliere is strong on the belief in religious moderation and disapproves religious hypocrisy and hatred. On the other hand, Voltaire’s Candide satirizes eighteenth-century European society by condemning the hypocrisy of the people. As an Enlightenment thinker, Voltaire supports the importance of free thinking and scientific reasoning. Although he believes in the existence of God, Voltaire is disapproving of religion as well as of religious idealism and hatred. …show more content…
Unlike Tartuffe, which he symbolizes religious hypocrisy as one person. Voltaire thinks that the clergy of the Catholic Church and the Jesuits are hypocritical. The clergy is usually a group of religious people that are in charge and have control of the people who follower them. For example, Pangloss gets hanged because he considers a way that is different from Catholic ideals. In Catholic religion they preach the importance of compassion. Voltaire shows a double standard in which they punish others but when they commit something wrong they don’t get punished for it. In Candide, the examples of hypocrisy happen a lot in the story as Candide travels throughout the story. Voltaire’s tone is goofy and he presents examples of this more as a funny narrative. The author uses facts in the story to expose the readers of what Candide examines and evidence of hypocrisy in the Catholic