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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThe problem of evil and good in Candide is an underlying problem which is the
source of misery for the main characters. Regardless Candide as a philosophical novel,
evil and good will be explored in order to prove the evil and good in life. To achieve
this goal, conflict is used as the main tool in order to analyze the struggles of the three
main characters, Candide, Lady Cunegonde, and the Old Woman concerning with evil
practices which are the source of their suffering. The elemental conflicts which are
found in the analysis will become the proof that the world in which the main
characters live is not always in a good order. Sometimes, the earth can be very cruel
for man such as by the emergence of earthquake, storm, and plague as experienced by
Candide and the Old Woman. Furthermore, the social conflicts which seem to be the
most intense conflict reveal that the society around the main characters has been
predominated by evil. The discussion on the social conflicts will attempt to reveal and
prove that each main character has to suffer from injustice, corruption, torture, killing,
and the lack of temperance of wicked people around them. Nevertheless, there is still
the power of good which enables them to continue their life. Through the analysis on
the elemental and social conflicts, the writer eventually concludes that power of good
are revealed through the misfortune of the main characters. In this case, the main
characters' good qualities should often be given up to the evil qualities of people and
society around them. However, it seems that the main characters never lose hope in
facing the problem of evil for they can go through all sufferings in their life.