Zadig, Chapter 2 summary
Chapter 2 of 18 · 4 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 2, Azora condemns a widow for trying to escape a vow of mourning, so Zadig secretly arranges a test with Cador. Believing her husband dead, Azora agrees to cut off his nose to cure Cador, and Zadig rises from his coffin to expose her double standard.
What happens
- Azora condemns the widow Cosrou for planning to redirect the stream that determines the length of her mourning vow.
- Disgusted by Azora's display of virtue, Zadig secretly makes a plan with his friend Cador.
- Azora returns from the country, hears that Zadig is dead, and declares that she wants to die beside him.
- Cador comforts Azora, offers to share Zadig's supposed inheritance, and gains her affection as her grief eases.
- Claiming severe pleurisy, Cador says that a dead man's nose is his only certain cure.
- Azora brings a razor to Zadig's coffin, but he rises and tells her not to condemn Cosrou again.
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What to notice
Zadig reveals the purpose of his deception. Azora's readiness to cut his nose undermines her claim to judge another widow.
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What does Cador claim can certainly cure his pleurisy?
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