I think the
easiest and most obvious answer to
this question would be to point towards chapter 26 of
,
in whichturns his vision of arbitrary fortune to reflect on the monarchs
themselves. In this chapter, rulers are shown to be just as subject to these cruel turns
of
fortune as every other human in the book. Cruelty abounds everywhere, and
no one (not even
rulers) can ever be secure against those tragic twists of
fate.
Taken from a
personal perspective, one can imagine
the thought of being deposed or overthrown would be
greatly disturbing to any
given monarch. That being said, I suspect in most cases, any
particular scene
within Candide taken in isolation (even a scene such as
that depicted in chapter 26) would be less disturbing than the effect of this book when
it
is...
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