A Comparison of the Ideals of Bronte in Jane Eyre and Voltaire in Candi

The Ideals of Bronte in Jane Eyre and Voltaire in Candide Subjective novelists tend to subprogram individualized attitudes to shape their characters. Whether it be an interjection of opinion here, or an allusion to personal experience there, the beauty of a story lies in the clever manifestation of the authors personality. Charlotte Bronte and Voltaire ar no exceptions. Their most notable ahead(p) characters, Jane Eyre and Candide, represent pose expressions of the respective authors emotions and impressions. In their stories, Bronte and Voltaire create fictional settings and imaginary scenes. However, through the headspring of their leading protagonists, Bronte and Voltaire genuinely portray their own inner world they are their own subjects. While the novels Jane Eyre and Candide are in no manner in a flash autobiographies, they are extremely similar in that the experiences and beliefs of Bronte and Voltaire serve to characterize Jane and Candide. A careful examination of both works reveals that Jane and Candide evince the contrasting ideals of Bronte and Voltaire in various spheres. As individuals, Voltaire and Charlotte Bronte could not have been any more different. They lived in opposing eras, had unlike backgrounds, and espoused divergent philosophies. While Candide, which some consider the icon of the eighteenth century Enlightenment, uses satire to achieve its goals, Jane Eyre uses extensive descriptions to take the reviewer on a psychological roller coaster through the mind of its leading character. Analysis shows that the two authors will seldom agree on many issues. However, by the end of both novels, Jane and Candide have become very frequently alike. Answering the question of how this transformation occurs necessitat... ...the attainment of happiness with a synchronal discovery of a personal identity. Jane Eyre and Candide are not only fictionalized versions of their creators, except also the very epitome of modern mankind. They loo k to their hostile surround and inside themselves to find answers to lifes questions. In their struggles, we share their agony. In victory, we share their triumphs. workings Cited Berg, Maggie. Jane Eyre A Students Companion to the Novel. Boston Twayne Publishers, 1987. Blom, Margaret. Charlotte Bronte. Boston Twayne Publishers, 1977. Bottiglia, William. Candides Garden. Voltaire A show Of Critical Essays. Ed. William Bottiglia. Englewood Cliffs Prentice-Hall, 1968. 87-111. Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York Penguin Books, 1997. Voltaire. Candide. Trans. Lowell Bair. New York Bantam Books, 1959.