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By Kristin Daur - March 16, 2006

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A stark parallel can be drawn between the two central female characters of Voltaire’s satirical philosophic thrust, Candide. It is through the tragic strife and oppression of first the Old Woman and then Cunegonde that we see two sagas woven of such similar threads that their resemblance cannot be denied. Perhaps intentionally, the fate of the…

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