Though she survived the destruction of her father’s castle, she has become a prostitute and is in service of Don Issachar and Paris’ Cardinal Archbishop. Candide makes his way to Paris, where he is reunited with Cunegonde. Pangloss is hanged while Candide is brutally whipped. Pangloss are blamed for the catastrophe, arrested, and tortured. A volcano erupts as they arrive, followed by an earthquake which kills 30,000 people. The two of them are hired by a merchant ship sailing to Lisbon. Pangloss, who has been miraculously revived. Now a beggar, Candide is reunited with Dr. Candide returns to the castle’s ruins and laments his loss of Cunegonde. The Baron, the Baroness, Maximilian, Paquette, Pangloss, and Cunegonde are all killed. Candide is tricked into joining the Bulgarian army, which attacks the Castle. The Baron, upon discovering them, exiles Candide. Candide and Cunegonde profess their love to each other. Pangloss being physically intimate with Paquette, Cunegonde acts on her piqued curiosity with Candide.

Pangloss tutors four children based on his philosophy that “all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.” The children are the Baron’s attractive daughter and son, Cunegonde and Maximilian Candide, their bastard cousin and Paquette, a very accommodating servant girl. In the castle of the Baron, the chorus welcomes everyone to Westphalia.

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