Candide-Is Eldorado Utopian?

A utopian society is any imaginary political social system in which relationships between individuals and the state are perfectly adjusted. In the novel Candide, Voltaire describes a hidden uptopian kingdom called El Dorado. El Dorado is described as a “paradise of happiness.” “It is probably the country where all is well: for there absolutely must be such place.”(pg.42) It has an advanced educational system, beautiful palaces, and poverty is non-existent because gold is looked …

…should ever be permitted to quit this little kingdom; and this has preserved the innocence and happiness.” (pg.43) Represented in Candide El Dorado is clearly the best of all the worlds. “There was very little virtue or happiness upon earth, expcept perhaps in El Dorado where nobody could gain admittance.” (pg.66) Candide traveled through all of Europe and has found the same misery and suffering everywhere except in the great utopian society of El Dorado.