que 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, he state " 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.
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