While reading “Candide,” I felt that there were some underlying parallels between this story and “Tartuffe,” as well as certain discussions that we had in class. As described, Candide was a very genuine person. And, with his actions, it was very clear that he acted upon emotion, rather than reason. In almost every situation which he was placed into, he reacted upon emotions of love. For instance, when he was living in the baron’s castle, he pretty much had everything going for him. He did not have royal blood, yet he pretty much lived in line with the means of the royal baron family. However, when it came to the baron’s daughter, Cunegonde, he simply could not act upon reason, but his actions subconsciously relied upon his emotions for her. So, when it came to her, he could not help but kiss her and show his love or her, despite what the baron would think. When Candide did do this, the baron threw him out of the castle, as expected. This somewhat reminded me of “Tartuffe” because in many instances, such as with the case of Mariane and Valere, the characters had to battle between acting upon emotion or reason. Mariane’s emotion told her to marry Valere and abandon her father’s desire for her to marry Tartuffe. However, her reason told her she must marry Tartuffe because this is what her father says she must do. We see this throughout the story of “Candide,” where we constantly see Candide going off his emotion before reason. However, with Cunegonde, we sometimes see her going off of reason, rather than emotion. For instance, when she had accepted the proposal of Don Fernando, it showed that her reasonable desire for financial security stood above her feelings for Candide. I feel like in general, we can relate with this tug and war battle that constantly occurs between our heart and brain, or our emotion and reason.