what are some examples of sarcasm in Voltaire's "Candide"?

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what are some examples of sarcasm in Voltaire's "Candide"?

Sarcasm is humor, in a mean way

2007-12-08 04:15:19 · 4 answers · asked by scotthero 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors

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Sarcasm is humor, in a mean way? Duh!

2007-12-12 01:20:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

ur mistaking it a little i think, with satire. Satire is used for humor in a way, and sarcasm is a harsh remark usually to ridicule something. So, Candide is more satirycal, if anything...

2007-12-08 17:13:02 · answer #2 · answered by cindy2u2005 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Bad things keep happening to him but he always justifies God's cruelty to him by saying to himself that 'this is the best of all possible worlds'.

2007-12-08 12:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Experimental science. :P

2007-12-08 14:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by asphaltambience 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋