Candide illustrated this fact after the Lisbon earthquake when the Grand Inquisitor is ordered to ward off any more earthquakes. ... Candide explores the corruption in the Church especially the inhumanity of the clergy, most notably the Inquisitor, in hanging and executing his fellow citizens over philosophical differences. ... In executing the citizens to insure there won't be another earthquake the Inquisitor looks foolish when another earthquake occurs later that day. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate