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Zadig (Character)

Zadig is the title character of Voltaire's 1747 work by the same name.

Zadig (Chapter Synopsis)

Chapter 1 - The One Eyed Man

Zadig is a well born, educated, rich young philosopher living in Babylon under King Moabdar. Whilst walking hand in hand with Semira, who was soon to become his wife, they were attacked by a group of thugs. They were sent by Orcan, fired by his own feeling of inferiority rather than of true love, in order to kidnap Semira and steal her away from her true love Zadig for himself. In the subsequent fight Zadig and his servants fought off their attackers and they were able to escape, though Zadig had been badly wounded in the right eye. Semira prayed for his speedy recovery and sent for the physician Hermes of Memphis. Hermes declared that Zadig's eye would shortly be lost, which resulted in Semira abandoning her marriage to Zadig and eloping with Orcan as she had an incurable aversion to one eyed men. Zadig descended in to a fit of melancholy, not least because Hermes' diagnosis was incorrect and his eye recovered fully. However, he was soon married to another well bred lady: Azora, and they enjoyed a happy marriage- for the first month at least...

Chapter 2 - The Nose

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 Chapter 1 - The One Eyed Man
-Zadig is a well born, educated, rich young philosopher living in [[Babylonia|Babylon]] under King Moabdar. Whilst walking hand in hand with Semira, who was soon to become his wife, they were attacked by a group of thugs. They were sent by Orcan, fired by his own feeling of inferiority rather than of true love, in order to kidnap Semira and steal her away from her true love Zadig for himself. In the subsequent fight Zadig and his servants fought off their attackers and they were able to escape, though Zadig had been badly wounded in the right eye. Semira prayed for his speedy recovery and sent for the physician Hermes of Memphis. Hermes declared that Zadig's right eye would shortly be lost, which resulted in Semira abandoning her marriage to Zadig and eloping with Orcan as she had an incurable aversion to one eyed men. Zadig descended in to a pique of melancholy, not least because Hermes' diagnosis was incorrect and his eye recovered fully. However, he was soon married to another well bred lady: Azora, and the enjoyed a happy marriage- for the first month at least...
+Zadig is a well born, educated, rich young philosopher living in [[Babylonia|Babylon]] under King Moabdar. Whilst walking hand in hand with Semira, who was soon to become his wife, they were attacked by a group of thugs. They were sent by Orcan, fired by his own feeling of inferiority rather than of true love, in order to kidnap Semira and steal her away from her true love Zadig for himself. In the subsequent fight Zadig and his servants fought off their attackers and they were able to escape, though Zadig had been badly wounded in the right eye. Semira prayed for his speedy recovery and sent for the physician Hermes of Memphis. Hermes declared that Zadig's eye would shortly be lost, which resulted in Semira abandoning her marriage to Zadig and eloping with Orcan as she had an incurable aversion to one eyed men. Zadig descended in to a fit of melancholy, not least because Hermes' diagnosis was incorrect and his eye recovered fully. However, he was soon married to another well bred lady: Azora, and they enjoyed a happy marriage- for the first month at least...
 Chapter 2 - The Nose