🎭Paris, once seen as a cultural mecca, is filled with deceitful and untrustworthy individuals.
💔Candide's illness in Paris leads to false attention from doctors and friends who ultimately betray him.
💍Candide loses money in the Marquis' gambling saloon and cheats on Cunegonde, feeling guilty about his actions.
⚖️Martine sees through a ruse to steal Candide's remaining jewels and gold, preventing their arrest.
🇫🇷Voltaire criticizes Paris as a corrupt city filled with backstabbers and failing critics.