Candide characters
This beautiful lady is the daughter of a German baron. Her father was a patron of Candid until he discovered that the last is in love with his lovely daughter. Cunégonde is awesome; she is pictured as delicate, loyal, kind and simply beautiful from all sides. But if everything will be good...
This guy is the main character and the protagonist of the book. He is kind, good-hearted man, but also he seems to be naive. Perhaps, exactly because of his kindness and loyal attitude to the world the second part of the original name is “Optimism.” Anyway, in this text, Candide, being...
He is a philosopher in this novel. Also, he appeared to be a tutor of Candide. His main philosophy is that “our world is the best of all possible worlds.” This optimistic sentiment is the main target of Voltaire’s satire. During the novel life shows him that his philosophy is not...
This guy is a very interesting one. Being a very cynical character, he becomes Candide’s friend as a travel companion. Martin suffered from different things in his life. He is also shown as a philosopher. Also, predictably, he can’t be the same optimist as Candide and Pangloss. He is...
This character is more complex than previous ones. His role is simple – he is a servant, valet of Candide when the last was traveling to South America. But the character is interesting. Cacambo is highly intelligent and morally honest. When different messes were going to happen, he always...
This character has an exciting destiny. By the way, he is Cunégonde’s brother. So, after his father’s castle was destroyed he decides to become a Jesuit priest. Also, if you read carefully, you’ll see that not once, but repeatedly Volter shows to the attentive reader that...
This character is a typical old woman, who come across various hard things and is still strong. She was born as the daughter of a Pope. She has hard experience in her life – her fiancé died, pirates raped her, he was a slave, and also she saw cannibalism in wartime. In the novel, she...
Sometimes we read books paying more attention only to the main heroes forgetting to analyze extra characters. This character has an incredibly minor role. Among all the characters that can also play the role of Voltare mind, this one seems to be a voice of Voltare himself. He is that voice of...
Well, what can we say about this character? He is not a dynamic one, neither very important. That’s why we don’t have a lot of information about him. As a human, he is Dutch, and also he’s an Anabaptist. In this novel, he is the one who cares about the adventure of Candide and...