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The abbé arrives with a squad of officers and orders Martin and Candide arrested as “suspicious strangers.” Candide bribes an officer with diamonds, and the officer lets them go. The officer’s brother, after being given more diamonds, puts Candide and Martin on a ship bound for England.
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The orator asks Candide whether he supports “the good...
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Candide, Cunégonde, Cacambo, Pangloss, and the old woman...
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Martin is a cynical scholar whom Candide befriends as a...
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When Candide fails to find Cunégonde and Cacambo after several months in Venice, he falls into despair. He begins to agree with Martin’s claim that the world is misery. Martin scolds Candide for trusting a valet with a fortune of millions, and repeats his argument that there is “little virtue and little happiness on the earth.” On the street, Candi...
Candide visits Count Pococurante in Venice. The wealthy count has a marvelous collection of art and books, but he is unable to enjoy any of it. He finds the paintings of Raphael unpleasant and the works of Homer, Horace, and Milton tiresome. The count once pretended to appreciate these things in front of others, but is now unable to pretend, and sc...
During Venice’s Carnival season, Candide and Martin are dining with six strangers in an inn when they encounter Cacambo, who is now the slave of one of the six strangers. Cacambo explains that Cunégonde is in Constantinople and offers to bring Candide to her. Summoned by his master, he is unable to say any more. Candide and Martin converse with the...
Martin’s reaction to Candide’s despair at not finding Cunégonde reveals the drawback of his pessimism. Instead of attempting to comfort or even distract his friend and benefactor, Martin gloats over Candide’s distress to further confirm his own world-view. Like Pangloss’s unqualified optimism, Martin’s unqualified pessimism keeps him from taking ac...
A summary of Chapters 27–30 in Voltaire's Candide. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Candide and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Candide weeps over her hand and leaves her many diamonds and a bag of gold. Suddenly an officer enters the room, followed by Périgord, and arrests Candide and Martin as “suspicious foreigners.”
At this tender moment, two officers appeared and arrested Candide and Martin on suspicion. "This isn't the way travelers are treated in Eldorado," said Candide. And Martin declared that he was more a Manichean than ever.
One evening that Candide and Martin were going to sit down to supper with some foreigners who lodged in the same inn, a man whose complexion was as black as soot, came behind Candide, and taking him by the arm, said: “Get yourself ready to go along with us; do not fail.”.
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