The Symbolism of El Dorado in Voltaire’s Candide (1642 words, 2 pages)
El Dorado Explored In chapter XVII, Candide and his manservant, Cacambo, enter the country of El Dorado. Here, Voltaire takes the opportunity to further satirize governments, religion, philosophy, and war. All of the religious figures Candide encounters throughout the story are corrupt and sexually promiscuous even though they have taken ...
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