Zadig, Chapter 6: samenvatting

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1. Appointed chief judge, Zadig favors protecting innocent people and rewarding good conduct.
2. He tests two brothers with news of their father’s recovery and awards the special legacy to the younger.
3. He chooses the Magus who promises to raise an honest child as the wealthy mother’s husband.
4. Under royal orders, Irax receives relentless music, praise, service, and agreement until he begs for relief and promises reform.
5. Zadig enjoys affection and royal favor, but nightly dreams of painful plants and a serpent disturb him.

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The saying sums up Irax’s experience. What begins as gratifying attention becomes intolerable through repetition and excess.

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