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  1. UnknownMarch 4, 2018 at 4:14 PM

    Hi Tiffany,
    I think you did a really good job of forming your argument and you used quotes from the story well to back up points that you made. However, I do have a little trouble seeing how your argument provides evidence to back up your initial claim that Voltaire’s “depiction of the women in the story were of his own convictions.” And I wonder if maybe your argument would be more fitting to either prove or disprove that Voltaire’s depiction of women in Candide either did or did not reflect and perpetuate the views and assigned roles of women in the time he wrote in? I also have a bit of an issue with the credibility of one of your sources, a nameless commenter on an unnamed blog doesn’t mean much to readers like me who are not familiar with this source of information as you are so using it as evidence towards Voltaire’s stance on women and their rights is almost meaningless. Overall, I think you really do have a good argument here and in reading your conclusion I can see that you managed to really make your point about the claim that “the women in Candide possessed no intellectual capabilities… The women in his story only importance was their pleasurable physical features,” but I think it is hard to argue your initial claim about the portrayal of women in Candide being a reflection of Voltaire’s own views on women. I really like your analysis, I think I might actually disagree with your claim about how women are portrayed and I love seeing opinions that differ and give me more to think about so I enjoyed reading your work!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 18, 2018 at 7:00 PM

    Hello Tiffany, I just read your project and I think you did a really good job. I'd like to say that you did a great job choosing and explaining your quotes. You made it easy to read and each quote that you chose went well with your arguement, "Candide reveals that women had no rights and their main role was being mere objects of sex." I havn't got to reading this story myself yet but by reading your arguement and the evidence you layed out I think I would have to agree. While reading your work I noticed a few minor things that may need to be re-looked if you have some time such as making sure your quotes end with a quotation. Also I noticed that after a couple of quotes you give the explanation well, but then you go straight to a new quote. If your wondering the specific quotes I'm referring to they are in the first body paragraph. So overall I think you did a great job argueing your point and backing it up so I would recommend to just take a quick look at the quotes and make sure each one has a sentence which identifies it's role in your project.

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