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I think the old woman was right in her perspective because it was not for love, but instead for protection. I believe that this was the right decision based on the circumstances. Her perspective of marriage wasn't necessarily to marry for money, but instead to marry for protection.

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The old woman understands that although her life has had many hardships, there have been positive moments as well. Even through the negatives of life, she has learned to see the good in order to keep pushing through.

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She has learned to care more about her life and what she has or experiences. She now should know to make sure that she does things that make her happy and keep herself around people who make her happy.

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His perspective has changed as a result of his experiences - as he travelled more and learned more about the world, he became more and more cynical. By developing Candide's character in this way, Voltaire suggests that people who are optimistic are naive

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I think she realized the value of life and even though there are hardships in life you shouldn't make such a long lasting decision just because of what is going on right now in the moment, or something that has happened in the past. Also suicide is selfish because it affects more than just you, including everyone around you.

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She realized that life is worth living even though it can be hard sometimes. You learn from your experiences and grow. Even though life may be pretty tough at points, it's still worth living. Life has it's good moments and those moments are important.

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I think that she is a stronger person and has a power will to live despite all the hard ships she has been through. She clearly sees that her life is worth something to live for.

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He has begin to question the legitimacy of it because he see's all the awful things happening around him and doesn't believe that a positive outcome can happen every time.

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I think the old woman is right because it was a societal expectation for nobles to marry other nobles to increase their wealth and power regardless of whether or not they loved each other.

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Throughout the passage, Candide experienced more and more harsh events, resulting in a slow change through his beliefs about optimism .

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The old woman's previous experiences led to her treasuring the importance of life more. After surviving through tragedies , she realized how fragile her own life can be.

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It's shifted from believing everything is alright with the world to taking each fortune with a grain of salt and slowly coming to realization that Pangloss' wasn't right in his philosophy.

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Candide has seen so much suffering and hardships throughout his journey. I think his mindset has changed because he can't understand how all that could possibly be for the best.

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Candide's belief in Pangloss' philosophy shifted because he has seen the world and the awful things it has to offer. He has also killed many people which does not help his philosophy. It shows his pessimism towards the world because he has not only seen the world, but experienced a lot of it himself.

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Due to the fact that she has gone through a lot of suffering, she has gained more strength to preserve

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I think the women realizes that everyone goes through hardships in their life. For example, when they were on the boat and she was telling Candide and Cunegonde her story, she said nobody has it worse than her. Although her experiences were the worst, it is not worth it to give up.

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I think that the idea of marriage should be more for love than for money, I agree with the protection aspect, but I believe that it's better to marry for love because if that person loves you back, they will protect you.