Do woman have hope?

Candide, is the story of a man who is in search of his lost love Cunegonde. He travels around the world and does the impossible to have her back, that shows true love, huh? That's exactly what I though, what can be more romantic than the love of your life searching for you under the oceans and the mountains. It brings me flashback of Romeo and Juliet, how their impossible love catches the audience attention and ended up being a classic story or for me, a cliché story.

Yet I find myself reading how much Candide loves the Lady, "Cunegonde must be dead, and the only thing left for me is to die too." (93) Can this love be so powerful? What I think or believe is that love is caring for that someone more than caring about your self. To literally dedicate your life and know that person from head to toe, do you believe Candide and Cunegonde have successfully done that? I do believe in love, but love is not just a word or a feeling, it's the actions and thoughts that go through your head.

After reading almost 100 pages of the love and desire Candide has over Cunegonde I was expecting a happily ever after ending, with the huge wedding and then riding away in a really old car to their honey moon. But no,  when finally the Lady was free and into Candide's arms, after weeks of living like a prisoner, she became "ugly" and that led Candide not loving her any more. "At the bottom of his heart, Candide had no desire to marry Cunegonde. But the baron's extreme arrogance determined him to go through with the marriage..." (116)

All of that trouble for nothing?

Do woman have hope after this?