Treatment Of Women In Voltaire's Period

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anything about money or about the sciences. Cunègonde, was so fascinated by the sciences that she would hide in the bushes to listen to Pangloss teach a private lesson to her mother’s maid.
The Baroness’s who were wealthy, were viewed primarily as hostesses. The reason why the Baroness’s were liked so much was because their husbands had beautifully decorated castles. This was the case for the Baroness of Thunder-ten-tronckh. “ The Baron was one of the most powerful lords in Westphalia because his castle had a gate and window” (pg. 41). His castle and everything in it and outside was perfect. “ The Baroness, who weighed around three hundred and fifty pounds, was widely admired for that reason and bestowed favors on visitors with a discretion that made her more eminent” (pg. 42). The only reason why people associated with her was because people wanted favors from her.
Women like the Baroness’s daughter, Cunègonde was never heard. She had no say in anything that she did. ...

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only as a sex object. No one cared about her except for Candide and the old woman, who watched over Cunègonde.
Cunègonde had this beauty that no man could resist and therefore she had many lovers. After she was raped the captain of the Bulgars wanted her, but after awhile he lost interest in her. She was sold to a merchant Jew named Don Issacher, who she resisted. While with the Jew, the Grand Inquisitor took an interest in Cunègonde. The Grand Inquisitor took an interest in Cunègonde. The Grand Inquisitor tried to buy her from the Jew, but she refused. They both made a deal where they would share her like she was a piece of meat. Don Issacher would get her Mondays, Wednesdays ...

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