be found in the works of Cervantes, Alighieri, Rabelais and Moliere.

The use of the various styles and conventions shows that, despite the

passage of centuries and the language differences, certain writing

techniques will always be effective.

One common literary technique is the author's use of one or more

of his characters as his 'voice' to speak out the authors views on a

certain subject. For instance, in Moliere's Tartuffe, the author uses

the character of Cleante to speak out against religious hypocrites

Nothing that I more cherish and admire

Than honest zeal and true religious fire.

So there is nothing that I find more base

Than specious piety's dishonest face.

In Candide, Voltaire makes use of several characters to voice his

opinion mocking philosophical optimism. On page 1594, Candide is

asking a gentleman about whether everything is for the best in the

physical world as well as the moral universe. The man replies:

...I believe nothing of the sort. I find that everything goes wrong in

our world; that nobody knows his place in society or his

The times and issues may be quite different, but the writing style

deserted the Bulgar army. He must make thirty-six passes through the

shown the error of other men's ways, serving to remind him of his own

pushes one of his political enemies back down into the swampy waters

entertaining to read, these exaggerations serve to point out the

works just as well for him as it did all the way back to the twelfth

an exaggerated manner, both he and Voltaire use it effectively to keep

of mealtimes...the rest of the day is spent in useless

Don Quixote had himself dubbed a knight." with chapter three of

alphabet. In each of these cases, the authors are able to speak out

ridiculousness of an ideal by showing it in a preposterous light.

a reasonable and respectable person, making the author's point of view

Voltarie has occasion to use the comedic style of exaggeration

speaking, as well as state their opinion in a form where they cannot

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