Relating Voltaire's Candide to both Tempest and Wag the Dog

[Snozel]

Hello there,

How would i be able to link Candide to Tempest in terms of Discovery and to Wag the Dog as representation.

I understand that candide is mainly based upon satirical ideas and the manipulation of ideas.
So this links with Wag the Dog in terms of how news is represented in a false way by manipulating the truth.

And for the discovery of new worlds in Tempest can be linked to Candide in terms of Candide discovering the reality of both the utopian world and the distopian.
However i am having trouble finding the neccessary quotes which would work best for me. Would someone be able to provide a basic overview and if possible one example for each theme please?

Thanks

[sudodds]

Hello there,

How would i be able to link Candide to Tempest in terms of Discovery and to Wag the Dog as representation.

I understand that candide is mainly based upon satirical ideas and the manipulation of ideas.
So this links with Wag the Dog in terms of how news is represented in a false way by manipulating the truth.

And for the discovery of new worlds in Tempest can be linked to Candide in terms of Candide discovering the reality of both the utopian world and the distopian.
However i am having trouble finding the neccessary quotes which would work best for me. Would someone be able to provide a basic overview and if possible one example for each theme please?

Thanks

Hey! I didn't use Candide as a discovery related text (though I am sure it would work!), but I did use it for Wag the Dog

For Wag the Dog, I linked how both texts were satires, in particular how they satirize elite groups (Wag the Dog the political elite, Candide the philosophical elite).
I also spoke about how Candide as a character in many ways also represents society - naive to the world around him, and the way in which those in those elite classes attempt to manipulate him (though throughout the course of the novella). Most of his actions are dictated by the influence of philosophers and their teachings, which demonstrates how the use of symbols and ideas can be used to manipulate society (something that also features in Wag the Dog, e.g. the old shoe narrative).

It's been a while since I studied this so I can't recall any exact quotes, but an example of the control of Candide through ideas is reflected through the irony of Pangloss distracting Candide from saving the Anabaptist from drowning, by forcing him to think about the philosophical imminence of the Anabaptists death and how it relates to Leibnizian optimism, rather than saving him.