Don Quijote Religion

Don Quijote Religion
Mahatma Gandhi's famous quote "Be the change that you wish to see in the world" might sound clichГ©, but the meaning is all too true
(Goodreads.com). Indeed, even Miguel De Cervantes, author of his famous work, Don Quijote, wholeheartedly believed in taking initiative and turning
problems into prosperity. Don Quijote is more than the adventures the book encompasses, more than just the humor of the characters, and more than
just a man labeled as a lunatic. Cervantes provides a moral behind the entertainment. As a work foundational to Western Literature and essential reading
in classrooms across the nation, Cervantes sends a much–needed message to the youth in today's culture. Teens easily loose motivation and learn to
tolerate all they know due to the consequences of technology. However, Cervantes emphasizes the importance of taking action and restoring goodness,
even if the world seems hopeless. Throughout Western Literature, characters... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
For instance, the books of chivalry convince Don Quijote he is a true knight. Although ancient to the world he currently lives in, Don Quijote trusts
those books and roots his quest on fulfilling them. Christianity appears strangely similar. God's Word says believers are children of God. As God's
children, Christians hold responsibility to stand firm on their Father's Word, obeying the Scriptures, and glorifying the Lord through good works.
Even though the Bible seems outdated and not reliable to some, Christians still hold fast to the teachings. And just as the characters in the book
believe Don Quijote is crazy, Jesus tells Christians that they will be persecuted, both in big ways and in the small matters of everyday life. Yet, Jesus
calls believers to continue on His mission and rely on His Word. Interestingly enough, Don Quijote depicts a Christian's status and also the mission to
take action in a broken
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Patriarchy's Radar In 'Don Quixote'
Kathryn Renae Metcalf
Mr. Barrera
ISA AP Literature A
15 December 2014
Surviving Below the Patriarchy's Radar Patriarchal structure remains prevalent today with the concepts of "white knighting," fathers walking their
daughters down the aisle to be given away to another man in a wedding, a father's approval for a daughter's partner, and many other cases. In Miguel de
Cervantes's Don Quixote, Don Quixote works to save various damsels in distress as his patriarchal white knight position and is always working to
please Dulcinea through his efforts of gallantry. In the case of the Captive, the Captive ultimately tried eloping with Lela Zoraida. The Captive's
secret relationship with Lela Zoraida was only able to occur because the affairs were conducted below Lela Zoraida's father's radar, therefore, he was
not aware of these proceedings. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
She possessed such great devotion to him that she converted to Christianity, his religion, so that they could marry. All of these sacrifices that Lela
Zoraida made for the Captive and her love for him point to patriarchal gender roles in that a women is expected to devote herself to a man and
pleasing him. Lela Zoraida, fueled by her passionate love for the Captive, is using her devotion to court him into loving her when she professed her
love to him in a "prison care package" letter coupled with money to escape and telling him that she converted to

Don Quixote
"'What giants?' [says] Sancho, amazed," (Cervantes 36). "'Those giants you see over there with long arms: some of them have them well–nigh two
leagues in length,' [replies] his master," (Cervantes 36).
In Chapter 7 of Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes portrays Don Quixote as an idealistic character who believes that the windmills are giants, and
because of this, it can be said that Don Quixote has a crazy mind that creates objects to be something they are not. Don Quixote is a chivalric romance
and takes place at the period of the Spanish Inquisition; however, Cervantes Xportrays a lunatic man who goes on adventures throughout La Mancha,
Spain as a knight–errant. Throughout this novel shows Quixote being quixotic. Quixotic deals with extravagant chivalry or romance, followed by
seeing objects impractically. In the story, there are characters who see and think in a... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
In reality, however, they are just windmills. In this scene, Quixote and Panza are seeing thirty or forty windmills as they are standing on a hill.
Quixote says to Panza, "Do you see over yonder, my friend Sancho Panza, thirty or more huge giants?" (Cervantes 36). Quixote tells this to Panza
because Quixote's reaction towards these windmills are caused by his thinking that he is a real knight–errant, and his duty of a knight–errant is to fight
in battles and conquer the giants. Another example is in Chapter 18, when Quixote and Panza are traveling, and Quixote sees clouds of dust caused
by "a battle of two kingdoms"; however, "as for the clouds of dust he [sees], they were raised by two large flocks of ewes and rams. ... so earnest [is]
Don Quixote calling them armies" (Cervantes 150). Cervantes shows this to his audience to create the illusion of how insane Quixote really is; also,
Cervantes tries to illustrate an effect on the emotional distress Quixote goes through because of his delusional

The Character Of Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is the protagonist of one of the most famous Mozart's operas. Mozart's protagonist is based of the Spanish tale's character named Don
Juan, a famous womanizer. According to Cambridge Dictionary, a hero is defined as "a person admire for bravery, great achievements, or good
qualities,"[1] it can be said that Don Giovanni is brave, at his standards has some great achievements, and has some good qualities such as
fearlessness, courage, and firm to his beliefs. One of the main reasons why some people label Don Giovanni as a villain is because at the beginning of
the opera Donna Anna claims that Giovanni has raped her and then calls him a murder when he kills her father. When taken a closer look at those
specific scenes, such claims are less credible. Instead of being afraid like a usual rape victim, she seems furious. The claim of rape gets even more
questionable when Donna Anna's first recrimination is 'betrayer,' instead of rapist. It gives the impression that she appears to be angry at the fact
that he is leaving her. Describing Don Giovanni as a murder also seems to be inaccurate. It has to be clarified that killing someone in a duel is not
a murder. Donna's father was the one who challenged Don Giovanni. He clearly knew that the only outcome was for one of them to die, and that
there was a chance that it could be him. It is also important to take into account that Giovanni repeatedly refused to fight. Music helps to describe
the characters, "Every character stands out in the musical picture."[3] It can be an indication of how he is portrayed as a hero. Mozart shows Don
Giovanni as courageous, strong and confident. When analyzing music, it can notice that Giovanni gets great music. "Mozart provides Don
Giovanni with an aria that explicitly embraces his philosophy of enjoying life: the famous champagne aria, "Finch' han dal vino.""[2] This music
is presented as full of life and celebration which means that Don is shown as the force of life. It can be also be deduced who Don is by contrasting his
character with other's. "Mozart also tells us who Don Giovanni is by telling us who he is not."[3] Leporello is depicted as a character who is a whiner,
coward, and a follower. In one of the final

Analysis Of Don Juan
According to study.com instructor Ellie Green originally Lord Byron began writing Don Juan at in the fall of 1818, at age 30 when he lived in
Venice. Lord Byron's story Don Juan has actually been a retelling of his life living in exile as a result of scandalous affairs with women and men.
He spent the majority of life on writing Don Juan up until his death, leaving the story unfinished (Green). Nonetheless The story Don Juan written
in the 1600's by Moliere remains a comical controversial drama typical of Moliere's plays. The author of Don Juan is as interesting as the story
itself. Although Don Juan lived criticized for "free thought and atheism . . . And an unbeliever overturning the foundation of religion" the play has
performed for over 200 years now recognized as one of Moliere's masterpieces. (91 Moliere). Don Juan's is a historical womanizer who rebels against
God and morality. So, it appears a womanizer exists every generation. Ordinarily, the character Don Juan mocks relationships also the sanctity of
marriage. Additionally, Don Juan enjoys breaking up relationships for conquest and sport. Thus, Don Juan remains unconcerned his valet Sganarelle
served him as a silent accomplice against his will. However, Sganarelle does express Don Juan's behavior with Gusman squire to Elvira. Furthermore,
Sganarelle says "A wedding doesn't mean a thing to him. It's the only sort of trap he sets for ensnaring women: he weds them left, right, and centre . . .
I'd rather serve

Don Giovanni Mood
The title character of Mozart's Don Giovanni embodies a figure that holds few ethical values, is wealthy, and endlessly seduces various women. With
the use of his servant, Leporello, Don Giovanni is able to evade women who would like to marry him, such as Donna Elvira. Due to his treacherous
actions, at the end of the opera, Don Giovanni is forced to decide between accepting his fate in hell, or renouncing his former lifestyle by ceasing his
pursuit of women. Despite the dark ending, some scenes of the opera are playful, and are even charismatic at times. As the scenes shift in mood, such
as from ominous to charismatic, the music composed for these scenes shift as well. Scene one in act II presents an interesting illustration of shifts in
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Interestingly, the melody that Don Giovanni uses to serenade Donna Elvira's maid with, is similar to the melody he used to woo Donna Elvira at
1:16 in the trio. However, the mandolin he used to serenade the maid with makes the piece more playful, in comparison to Donna Elvira's song. By
reusing the same melody, Don Giovanni can be seen as using the same tricks to seduce women. It seems even more heartbreaking for Donna Elvira,
because while she believes the words sung by Don Giovanni are only meant for her, Don Giovanni uses them on her own maid. The end of the scene
reconfirms Don Giovanni's role as the trickster, and reconfirms Don Elvira's role as a woman who was easily

Don Juan Analysis
The story Don Juan written in the 1600's by Moliere is a comical controversial drama typical of Moliere's plays. Although Don Juan lived criticized
for "free thought and atheism . . . And an unbeliever overturning the foundation of religion" the play has performed for over 200 years now
recognized as one of Moliere's masterpieces. (91 Moliere). Don Juan's is a historical womanizer who rebels against God and morality. So it appears a
womanizer exists every generation. The character Don Juan mocks relationships also the sanctity of marriage. Additionally, Don Juan enjoys breaking
up relationships for conquest and sport. Thus, Don Juan remains unconcerned his valet Sganarelle served him as a silent accomplice against his will.
However, Sganarelle does express Don Juan's behavior with Gusman squire to Elvira. Furthermore, Sganarelle says "A wedding doesn't mean a thing
to him. It's the only sort of trap he sets for ensnaring women: he weds them left, right, and centre . . . I'd rather serve the devil himself than Don Juan"
(96–97 Moliere). Moreover, Don Juan speaks of commitment to one woman as bondage or a death sentence. In the story Don Juan was once
committed to his Elvira, presently has lost interest in her. Thus, Don Juan says "What! Would you restrict a man to staying chained to the first
woman who takes his fancy, has him give up everything for her and never look back again?" ( 98 Misier). Therefore, Don Juan uses his expansive
vocabulary to manipulate and persuade women of any background. Hence Don Juan remains bold in his efforts to steal a woman's affections insomuch
he enchants and stirs debate between Charlotte and Mathurine. In the story Charlotte and Mathurine debate over whom Don Juan loves. Therefore
Don Juan fuels the debate between Charlotte and Mathurine. Also, Don Juan says "What do you want me to say. . .You both claim that I promised to
marry you. But doesn't each one of you knows the truth without my needing to spell it out? Surely the one I have given my promise to can afford to
laugh at anything the other one says" (115 Moliere).
Furthermore, Don Juan has no convictions for his actions, even unto his birth father, Don Louis expresses the shame in his immorality. For Don Louis
boldly

Don Juan Legend Meaning
In all of the previous Don Juan legends Don Juan is doomed to hell for his mischievous deeds and seductive schemes. Instead of vanishing into the
painful flames of hell Don Juan was allowed to float away as an angel with his love Dona InГ©s. This astonishing ending drew quite a lot of
curiosity as to why Zorrilla would allow such an evil and deceitful man to flourish in heaven. The same sins of lying, cheating, and killing were
committed in all the Don Juan legends just as this one which is why I did not understand what allowed Don Juan to be granted salvation. In my
opinion for Zorrilla to alter the ending of the renowned Don Juan legend this has to somehow relate to his personal life. Throughout this drama I
noticed the similar association

Sir Gawain And Don Quixote
Chris Shea
ENG 203 – Final Essay
Professor Meghan Evans
12/09/15
Who is More Chivalrous, Sir Gawain or Don Quixote?
Sir Gawain and Don Quixote...these brave men bolster the honor, courage, and bravery which can be only demonstrated by that of the chivalrous
knight. They face strong adversity, yet are able to use their wit and cunning in order to gain the upper hand. They uphold the laws of chivalry every
knight must obey. First a knight must obey God. Then a knight must obey his King and his Lords. And then a knight must obey his Lady Love. Yes
with their majestic nobilities, these brave men represent the epiphany of all that is great about knighthood. Of course this is all unless one is referring to
Don Quixote.
First off in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain is a legitimate knight. He serves the court of King Arthur and is among the famous Knights of the
Round Table. When the Green Knight breaks into the castle and demands that King Arthur play the 'Beheading Game' with him, Arthur voluntarily
comes up and gets ready to do so. But then in an action comparable to a model knight, Sir Gawain volunteers to behead the Green Knight in Arthur's
place. This leads to the Green Knight picking his severed head up and telling Sir Gawain to meet him at the Green Chapel in a year and a day.
Time passes by to the beginning of the next winter, where Sir Gawain must leave King Arthur's castle (Camelot?) and ride to the Green Chapel. After
days of riding and encountering dangerous

Don Quixote Essay
Anyone who reads Don Quixote for the first time inevitably has some preconceptions about it, beginning with the dictionary def
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA was born in Alcala de Henares in Spain near Madrid in 1547. Nothing is certainly known about his
education, but by the age of twenty–three, he enrolled in the army as a private soldier. He was maimed for life in the battle of Lepanto and was taken
captive by the Moors on his way home in 1575. After five years of slavery, he was ransomed; and two or three years later, he returned to
Spain. He settled in Madrid and began a moderately successful literary career, in which he wrote poetry, published a pastoral romance, La
Galatea(1585), and had some twenty to thirty plays ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Persiles and Sigismunda, a Byzantine romance, was posthumously published in 1617. In this period, he lived in Madrid, widely admired in the literary
circles. Towards the end, the patronage of the archbishop of Toledo and the Count of Lemos somewhat eased his chronic poverty. Cervantes died in
1616. The moving prologue to
Persiles, written when Cervantes was in his deathbed, contains his farewell to life, and specifically, to laughter and friends.
In April, 2005 people all over the world will be celebrating the fourth centenary of the first publication of Don Quixote. Hailed as the first modern novel
in world literature it has been translated into more than 60 languages and at the same time, owing to their widespread representation in art, drama, and
film, the figures of Don Quixote and
Sancho Panza are probably familiar visually to more people than any other imaginary characters in world literature. Don Quixote has had a
tremendous influence on the development of prose fiction. The book depicts the story of an idealistic Spanish nobleman from a village somewhere in
La Mancha. As a result of reading many tales of chivalry, he comes to believe that they are historically true and that he is a knight who must combat the
world's injustices. Mounted on bony
Rozinante, clad in makeshift armor, and accompanied by Sanzo Panza as his squire, this hidalgo goes through the countryside in search of adventure,
interpreting

Idealism In Don Quixote
Don Quixote Final Paper
During the Spanish golden era, books about codes of chivalry and true knights–errant were extremely popular and expressed religious values. Religious
devoutness has been used to establish truth and fairness in societies. Don Quixote himself is symbolic of idealistic pursuits, he is not only seen as a
symbol of faith in ideals but always having faith in a religious nature of his own rational world. In the novel Don Quixote, religion plays a major role in
Don Quixote's life because his religious morals and social codes are what drive him to prove that he is a true knight–errant. Don Quixote's religious
beliefs forced himself to perceive the world/society he lives in differently than those who did not have the same religious ... Show more content on
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However, his techniques for achieving and accomplishing these ideals may be proven socially wrong and law–breaking, but his intentions are true.
To further this idea of Don Quixote not minding what people perceive him as, because of his religious dogma is shown when Don Quixote confesses
his love toward Dulcinea del Toboso. As long as Don Quixote is driven by his religious convection, he will not mind what others think. Don Quixote
is very romantic when he expresses his universal truth to Dulcinea although, people perceive him as unordinary and mad in nature. "For what I
want of Dulcinea del Toboso she is as good as the greatest princess in the land. For not all those poets who praise ladies under names which they
choose so freely, really have such mistresses. I am quite satisfied. . . to imagine and believe that the good Aldonza Lorenzo is so lovely and virtuous"
(Cervantes 418). This shows that Don Quixote's universal love for Dulcinea is true because the actual Dulcinea is a farmer's daughter but that does not
matter to him as long as he imagines her as a princess in every way. Thus, showing that he does not

Don Quixote Analysis
The tale of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is a chivalric tale that waltzes around the concept of reality versus fantasy. This is prominently shown
through the character, Don Quixote. Quixote struggles with his own concepts of reality throughout the book as he believes himself to be a chivalric
knight when in reality, he is far from it. Don Quixote idealized the books he read, branded his own version of his reality, and put it into action. Don
Quixote so loved the books he read, he tried to become one. As Cervantes writes about Don Quixote's love for his fictional stories, it becomes
noticeable that a change is starting to appear in Quixote: (QUOTE)
"lack of sleep and the excess of reading...everything he read in his books took possession of his imagination: enchantments, fights, battles, challenges,
wounds, sweet nothings, love affairs, storms, and impossible absurdities"
Don Quixote's imagination took over the man that Quixote once was, shapeshifting him into this being of daydream. This is the kickoff into the
absurdities that Don Quixote performs as these books have begun to take over his mindset through obession. Quixote takes simple parts of his life and
forces this adamant change of reality onto them– some with or without knowing of this participation– For example, his horse became a valiant steed, a
simple peasant girl (Dulcinea) into a sweet damsel, spare parts into shining armor, and his neighbor Sancho into a faithful squire. As the normal situation

Who Is Don Quixote Foil
In the story Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra it talks about a man named Don Quixote, who is a fifty–year–old that lets his imagination
take over, from the region of La Mancha in Spain. After reading some books about chivalry, he becomes obsessed with it and decides to revive
chivalry in the world. He wants to bring justice and peace back to the world. He sets off on his first adventure and returns unsuccessful, so he decides
he needs a squire. He persuades Sancho Panza, a poor laborer to leave his wife and become his squire, as well as join him on his next adventure.
Although the protagonist in the story is Don Quixote, his squire Sancho plays a big part in it as well. Throughout the story, we will see that Sancho
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He shows that he is a very wise poor farmer with a down–to–earth personality that is very different from the insane Don Quixote. According to
Arellano, "He shows an admirable prudence in the verdicts he pronounces during his administration of Barataria isle. But the reader has to
recognize his natural talent when Sancho decides to abandon his ruling experience; he recognizes that he is not prepared for this responsibility".
By doing this, we can see how mature and wise Sancho has grown. He's not just a curious and greedy man anymore. He gives up on his dream of
becoming a governor of his own isle because he sees that he is not ready. Also, when Don Quixote decides to go back home and retire, Sancho is the
one to comforts him with the wisdom he has gained from his own experiences. This shows that he is not only a simple and loyal man but also very
wise and

Stigmatization Of Madness In Don Quixote
Our delight in or respect for his madness and its wonderful connections to the imagination does not take away from our genuine pain at his humiliation.
Though Don Quixote is humiliated on every page of the book, it is only in this п¬Ѓnal humiliation when he becomes a rational observer of his past
insane life and views it with profound regret that we actually enter into real sympathetic pain with him. Until this point, he is an object of our mirth.
Once he becomes aware that his perception of reality was in error and that his actions were, therefore, not a product of his autonomous self, we feel
genuine compassion for him. His realization that his hyper–vigilance about his dignity as a knight errant was delusional is a serious indignity for him.
He has been in error about reality, and everyone has known it except for him. People have gone along with him in a patronizing way.
In Cervantes's Don Quixote, we can see remarkably clear pictures of both the kind of unfair stigmatization of madness that McKay and Mitchell decry
and the essentially demeaning nature of insanity to which Gardner and Macklem draw our attention. Don Quixote is treated with astounding cruelty.
He is made an object of ridicule and trickery by almost everyone he meets.
As Nietzsche says: Today we read Don Quixote with a bitter taste in our mouths, almost with a feeling of torment, and would thus seem very strange
and incomprehensible to its author and his contemporaries: they read it with the clearest

Don Quixote As A Hero
Don Quixote, a character who is going crazy reading books that discuss heroic Knights. These books lead Don Quixote on a journey to win over his
lover, Dulcinea. Throughout Don Quixote's journey, his intelligence is tested along with his sanity, but the one major question is what changes his
attitude toward chivalry in this novel? Chivalry, according to dictionary.com, is the sum of the ideal qualifications of aKnight, this includes: courtesy,
generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms. Don Quixote believes that by bringing these qualities back into society, the world will once again obtain its
beauty. On this journey, Don Quixote is accompanied by a peasant laborer,Sancho Panza, who Don Quixote refers to as his squire. Sancho, takes the
roll of Don Quixote's squire because of greed. Unlike the other characters in this novel, Sancho admires Don Quixote's madness, even getting himself
wrapped along in it at times. The Author uses the three main characters to emphasize different opinions on the world and love within the world.
Starting with Don Quixote himself, he comes off both intelligent and insane at times. Imagining life the way he wishes it truly was, many of these
examples are stated in the following paragraph. Making decisions based off what he wants not noticing the impact on others until after. This attitude
ends up getting him into trouble. In chapter five, Don Quixote approaches merchants ordering them around in hope to obtain the proclamation of
Dulcinea's

The Characteristics Of Don Giovanni
There was a man of greatness, a figure of admiration and respect to the entire neighborhood.
He referred to himself as, Don Giovanni, a man among men... and to him men were the superior lot.
People flocked to him; men, women, children, seeking his presence and a mere gesture of attention.
His was a life to envy. The "Don's" appearance was as powerful as his presence.
Hair as dark as night and naturally groomed with minimal effort,
He swaggered through the streets radiating confidence.
Step by step he left his mark, helping those less fortunate than he.
Eyes so distinctive, and actions so sweet, he needed no introduction.
Broad shouldered and strong, he was dressed in the finest garments from the best tailors around. As he carried on doing business throughout the day, his
diffident wife continued her domestic duties.
Chores he determined no man should be bothered to complete.
Especially not one as great as Don Giovanni. "I am meant for man's work," he would say. "Not the soft labor of a soft species."
For men were meant for power and authority, for strength greater than that of the women men were destined to protect. He continually preached the
right way to live.
"Always be true to your word; forever remain ethical and virtuous," was his motto.
He was a man of religion and faith, never swaying from his moral obligation.
No one challenged his goodness...until one day his false persona would alter his dream life.
...
She was a force to be reckoned with, a woman so

Don Quixote Fact Sheet
Here is what happened today:
The book starts off with an eccentric gentlemen from the village of La Mancha. The men becomes mad after reading an immense number of chivalry
books. He then decides to become a knight–errant to endure infinite adventures. He decides to dedicate his actions to someone, a farmer that he once
had a crush on: Dulcinea del Toboso. He then departs and ends up on an inn, which he mistakes for a castle. He also mistakes two prostitutes for
princesses. Don Quixote fights two man who enter the inn, which he knocks unconscious. The innkeeper knights Don Quixote, he then thanks her and
leaves. Our protagonist encounters two individuals in the wild, a farmer who beats his worker. The worker tricks Don Quixote into making him think
that he is a knight. Don Quixote leaves, and the farmer beats the worker even worse. Afterwards Don Quixote receives a beating from evil–doers on
the road.
Day: Friday Date: July–3–2015
I read up to page 131 today. Chapter V–VIII
3 new words I learned today: __Goatherd___________________________________________________ _knight
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Don Quixote beats a lady's attendant on their way. Sancho worries that the police will come after them. Don Quixote assures Sancho that knights
never go to jail, because they are permitted to use violence in the pursuit of justice. They spend the night with a group of goatherds. A singing
goatherd joins them and sings a ballad to the group. One of the goatherds applies medicine to Don Quixote ear, which heals it. A goatherd name peter
comes and announces that a man has died for his love of Marcela, a shepherdess. He invites Don Quixote to his funeral and he accepts. They all go to
sleep except for Don Quixote, who stays up thinking about

Analysis Of Don Quixote
Don Quixote
By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is the tale of a Christian "knight," don Quixote, and his trustworthy "squire," Sancho Panza, and their
quests around Spain. "Thus, I travel about this wilderness and these unpopulated areas seeking adventures, and I'm committed to offering my arm and
my person in any perilous adventure that comes my way to help the weak and needy." (p. 97–98) Our story takes place in the seventeenth century in La
Mancha, south–central Spain.
Miguel de Cervantes takes us on this epic adventure firstly by introducing don Quixote and some of his deeds, and later on Sancho Panza, and the
incredible undertakings they faced for the sake of knight–errantry. Our main character, don Quixote, was an hidalgo of about fifty years old with a
lanky figure and a passion for romances of chivalry, which he believed to be true. His muse was Dulcinea del Toboso.
Don Quixote decided to go out with his horse, Rocinante, to redress all the wrongs and help those in need as the knights–errant in those stories he
cherished. He first went to an inn, where the innkeeper dubbed him a knight. Don Quixote was found hurt by a man of his village and taken back.
Don Quixote's niece, the priest, and the barber of his village blamed those books for his craziness so they burned them.
Don Quixote decided to start a second expedition now with the company of his neighbor Sancho Panza as his squire, and promising Sancho that he
would become the governor of an insula. Sancho "was by nature a coward and quite fainthearted," he was illiterate but a ludicrous character. Their first
adventure together was the encounter with the windmills which don Quixote thought were giants, suffice it to say he ended beaten on the ground.
Don Quixote now called himself the Woebegone Knight and Sancho was reprimanded because of his absurd linking of proverbs. After many travails,
they arrived to Sierra Morena where don Quixote

Don Quijote
CERVANTE RAISES CLASS AND GENDER ISSUES THROUGH DOROTEA Summary of Research Paper Topic and Works Cited The novel of
Don Quijote by Miguel A. Cervante is a book which illustrates different issues in Spanish society starting from the 16th century. This research paper
will break down the techniques Cervante used through his writing skills to raise questions, unveil hidden realities with aim of breaking different
social norms. During Cervantes era gender inequalities and the division of classes were unspoken issues. This research paper will demonstrate how
Cervante used writing as an instrument to become the spokesman for his society. Its presumed that Cervante wrote Don Quijote while being in jail. So
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Back in those days a woman who loses her virginity was seen as a disgrace to her family and community. Her so called husband had disappeared
and there was no real witness to support her story. Here Cervante uses the misfortune of Dorotea to point fingers at those who took advantage of
women and got away with it. The irony here is that the victim finds herself running while the oppressor continues his conquest of destroying women
lives. Cervante shows here how Don Fernando who represented a threat for women in the society was untouchable and not seen as an abuser. Since
Don Fernando was a man a Hidalgo (Member of the Upper class), no one questioned him. Cervante brings up the subject of rape that everyone in the
Spanish society pretends to not see. Cervante though Dorotea shows how women's lives are destroyed due to the assail behavior of men. Don
Fernando's banditry led Dorotea to exclude herself from the society, she finds herself living in the mountains far away from home in order to avoid
insults. Cervante openly describes his disagreement towards this bullish behavior towards women. Cervante tries to explain that it's not normal that
woman who had lost their virginity were regarded as sinners, considering that there may be different reasons which led to

Don Quixote Journey
Believe it or not, I was once a legendary knight–errant by the name of Don Quixote. I travelled across the Spanish province of La Mancha with my
loyal squire, Sancho Panza, in search of adventures, beautiful ladies, and princesses to whom I can offer my knightly services. I was a bold and
valiant knight. My greatest and most memorable adventure, perhaps, is my encounter with the giants of the plains of La Mancha who had thousand of
arms. The battle which ensued was so glorious that whoever hears of it strangely accuses me of being a madman. However, after my forced retirement
from being a knight–errant, I fell ill and during my last hour I realized that all my adventures were indeed hallucinations and my greatest adventure
was simply a comical duel between I and windmills. A short while after dying asDon Quixote, I became Dr. John Watson, the most trusted friend and
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It is the easiest and most effective way to acquire new information, radical ideas, useful concepts, entertaining stories, and noteworthy opinions. We
can recall that Sir Francis Bacon, in his essay "Of Studies", wrote something similar when he said that, "Reading maketh a full man," By that he
meant reading gives us a solid foundation in a world where one can only advance himself socially and economically when he has a wealth of
knowledge and information at his disposal.
Yet I believe that the most beautiful thing about reading is that it develops and sharpens our imagination. It is because of this sole fact that I chose to
devote my life to reading. When we read books, especially novels; the plot, characters, and settings, are all visualized within our heads. You may not
realize it but as you read more books, and the more you use your imagination, the more precise and powerful your critical thinking skills become which
gives you edge in the competitive

Don Quixote Essay
Don Quixote is a classic novel although now a days many may not be entirely familiar with it. The story of Don Quixote is filled with legendary
actions that have survived our native tough. The phrase and labels that tell the title come from someone deeply impractical. Don Quixote at the age
of fifty has not quite had what one would call a wild life, so far. He has never been married and still lives at home. He has however found his calling
in life, the profession of knighthood: "he was spurred on by the conviction that the world needed his immediate presence..." (Book 1, Part 2). So the
tales begin.
Don Quixote, our most noble of nobleman was blinded by his passion for devotion. He often came to the point of losing his reason. Don ... Show more
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They would appear at different places during the story, eventually they lead to Quixote. Ruy Pérez de Viedma served his king as a soldier
under the Duke of Alba in Flanders. He rose to the rank of alférez under Captain Diego de Urbina. He participated in the battle of Lepanto.
Shortly after the battle began he was captured by Turks and taken to Constantinople. He serves as a galley slave and then is put in jail with other
Christians waiting for ransom. Eventually he is released and Cardenio (a fellow traveler) immediately recognizes the "One of the Sorrowful Figure,"
also known as the Knight of the Wood.
Dulcinea del Toboso who was also known as Aldonza Lorenzo, is Don Quixote's "lady love," his "admired princess," who does not know of his
existence nor has she ever spoken to him. Cervantes described her as a "good–looking country young woman." He felt as if he would not be a knight
with his "lady."
Then comes Lady Zoraida who travels with the Captain. French pirates had stripped her of her jewelry, but her virtue is still in one piece. Remarkably
she holds herself together and claims to be the wife of the Captain.
Dorothea is a beautiful traveler who decides to help the barber and the curate, only if they will help her in return; a deal is being struck. She is to be
the "maiden in distress" in search of a knight who will help her and thus she will bring Don back to his family.
As the story unfolds we

The Concept Of Courtly Love In Don Quixote And Don Cervantes
Love. What is it? What is its purpose? The J. Geils Band says love stinks. Pat Benatar says love is a battlefield. The idea of love proliferates every
aspect of our human culture. Love influences our literature, music, religion, and social lives. Love makes us do funny things, makes us feel warm and
fuzzy, hurts us, brings people together, and transforms lives. Love transforms us. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. There are
multiple types of love such as brotherly love and courtly love. Courtly love is an example of how love transforms a person. In the traditional definition
of courtly love, the love–struck hero is on a constant struggle to reach the object of his affection. While Cervantes provides an accurate portrayal of
courtly love in Don Quixote, Dante's version in Inferno and Purgatory is a more convincing use of courtly love because his character, Dante,
emerges as a transformed character through the process of trying to get to his beloved Beatrice. The principles of courtly love: often adulterous, the
lady is inaccessible, a lot of emotion, usually ends in death/separation rather than marriage, the lady is idealized, and the hero would go through
anything for his lady ("Medieval View of Love"). There are three main principles that can be compared and contrasted between Dante's work and
Cervantes work: the idealization of the lady, inaccessibility of the lady, and the journey of the hero trying to reach his lady. The object of Dante's
courtly love

Who Is Don Quixote Insane
The novel Don Quixote, written by Miguel de Cervantes, is a very unusual and very descriptive novel about an older gentleman, Don Quixote, who
reads so many books that one day after reading so many books, he decides to live out his adventures from his books. When reading this story, many
will just see a crazy and delusional old man who is "chasing windmills" for he sees them as giants he must conquor. However, I see a much different
kind of delusion that Quixote is going through; which not only make him the protagonist of the story, but he also becomes the hero, even if it is in his
own mind. Also within this humouros novel, Cervantes invokes so much more meaning to this story in an underlying fashion.
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In the beginning of the story Quixote does seem to be completely insane, failing to recognize people and objects as they were, but also by attacking
starngers for sometimes not really any reason at all. As the story progresses he seems to start regaining some of his sanity and his madness
becomes more of a choice he makes, "I know who I am...and who I may be, if I choose (409)." Then when Quixote was on his death bed he stated,
to all those around him, "I have good news for your sirs....I am no longer Don Quixote de la Mancha but Alanso Quijano....those profane stories
dealing with knighthood are odius to me, and I realize how foolish I was and the danger I courted in reading them; but I am in my right senses now
and I abominate them (513)." By this statement it shows how fragile the mind is and how very delicate and influential the mind can be; the education
and readings we digest throughout the years all have an impact on our lives. How we interpret these things is how we interpret our

Comedy in Don Quixote
Q.2 Wherein lies the comedy in part one of Don Quixote?
The story Don Quixote is a burlesque, mock epic of the romances of chivalry, in which Cervantes teaches the reader the truth by creating laughter that
ridicules. Through the protagonist, he succeeds in satirizing Spain's obsession with the noble knights as being absurdly old fashioned. The dynamics of
the comedy in this story are simple, Don Quixote believes the romances he has read and strives to live them out, and it is his actions and the situations
that he finds himself in during his adventures that make the reader laugh. We can define comedy as something that entertains the reader and that makes
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Consequently, most of the situations that Don Quixote is placed in during his ridiculous quest are excellent examples of slapstick comedy. The
reader is highly entertained by Don Quixote on his adventures during which he implicitly believes that he is like the knights in the novels he has
read and so; he logically believes his own fiction. The reader is embarrassed when Don Quixote decides that by choosing a new name for himself,
his horse, his lady and his friends that this will suffice in making him a knight. Just like he shaped his own appearance, he chooses his name as "Don
Quixote de La Mancha" and this becomes one of the most prominent jokes of the book. It is a name that is undignified and pretentious but
simultaneously amusing because La Mancha is a dry, sparsely populated region of Spain, which is exactly what a knight should avoid. The suffix–ote
was considered derogatory at that time and it is even funny sounding. We are skeptical from the very beginning as to whether or not Don Quixote is
worthy of the title "Don" and our suspicions are confirmed when he fails to assist people in distress like any good knight should. It is highly
entertaining when AndrГ©s specifically asks Don Quixote not to complicate his life with any more of his help
"No me socorra ni ayude, sino

Examples Of Delusion In Don Quixote
Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote is a masterpiece in many senses of the word: at the time of its conception, it was hailed as a revolutionary work of
literature that defined a genre, in later centuries regarded as an acerbic social commentary, a slightly misshapen romantic tragedy, and even as a
synthesis of existentialist and post–modernist features. At the centre of this Spanish satirical chronicle is the perplexing character Don Quixote. Don
Quixote's personality and perspective is rapidly established fromsince the beginning of the novel, revealing unabashedly to readers that he is mad. The
source of his madness lies in the extent to which Don Quixote acts on his delusions and projections unto reality as he saunters through Cervantes'
Andalusia. Don Quixote's delusions have two primary functions in the novel: demonstrating the reality and tragedy of Cervantes' manifestation of
idyllic themes of love and chivalry, and revealing certain characteristics about narration. A role of Don Quixote's delusions is to provide a glimpse into
a situation where the chivalric code is implemented. Don Quixote is mad at first glance: ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
It establishes Don Quixote as mad, and gives readers and characters around him insight into the way he chooses to perceive the world. Beyond
manifesting as a way to uphold Don Quixote's chivalric code and serving as an instrument to reflect unreliable narration, perhaps there is a function of
delusions that transcends and melds from the two described. is this: Tthere may be a slight beauty in utilising a defective narrative and a metalepsis to
describe a lopsided story, of a hunter in his mid–fifties who pertinaciously chose to pursue his passions, and of a knight with a broken helmet that
persists to consciously live in his own

Don Quixote Foils
In the Spanish novel, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, written by Miguel de Cervantes, Sancho Panza is conveniently placed
throughout the story to be easily compared to others. Sancho sets the point of being normal or regular for the settings and explains with actions and
appearance how others are. Sancho also verbally expresses the insane manner of his companion more than once. Sancho's purpose is to not only be the
foil, but also to be the reference point and explanation of the story. Sancho is a neutral character. In chapter three, Tilting at windmills, Cervantes states
"an honest, ignorant laborer named Sancho Panza". When compared to Don Quixote, Sancho is but a simple fellow, and Quixote is a crazed old man
who fantasizes being a great knight of great chivalry. This comparison is that of an obvious one, were Sancho is foil to only Quixote. In chapter
twenty–two, on page 152, Cervantes tells of Sancho's Family awaiting his return. This sheds more light on Sancho's family, as it states later that he has
a wife and children. This brings to conclusion that Sancho has a normal sized family, that consists of normal people, since the text does not state
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On occasion, Cervantes's character, Sancho, verbally addresses the great madness of his master multiple times. In chapter fifteen, on page 113, Sancho
states "I must tell you a great secret, and that is that I look down on my master Don Quixote as downright mad" and also, "he is mad, it is no difficult
task to make him believe anything, such as the enchantment of the lady Dulcinea. When Sancho States this, he is of lesser ignorance than that of when
he is first found, so it can be clear that words that Sancho speaks are of no nonsense. Sancho, although not intelligent, but enlightened, tells of the true
condition of his

Don Giovanni The Sextet
Don Giovanni is an opera performed by Mozart where the main character Don Giovanni murders a man, seduces women, and in the end receives his
awaiting fate. The sextet, which is when the remaining of the characters sing, takes place at the finale of the opera. "Everybody else runs onstage...and
there is a quick lively finale, where each character announces what he or she will do next–find a new master, join a convent, get married. That, they
sing, is the end for those who do evil." (Pg. 199). This finale was a major part of the Don Giovanni play before directors during the nineteenth century
began to cut that performance out. The sextet served as an epilogue for the audience. The audience is able to get a glimpse of what the remaining
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With this finale the audience does not leave the play feeling completely dismal as a result of Don Giovanni's punishment. In addition, the message
behind the opera is still clear as it would have been without the sextet. But the seriousness of the message is not conveyed as well at could be. The
opera is supposed to have moments of comedy and moments of seriousness, especially regarding the anticipated fate of Don Giovanni. However,
because of the sextet the significance of the intended message could lose its meaning.
Since the nineteenth century decided to remove the sextet the finale of the opera becomes more dramatic. The opera ends on the scene of Don
Giovanni being engulfed by the flames of hell without the sextet. The meaning, sinners are going to be punished, is clear to the audience and is not
taken lightly. The audience will most likely remember the finale of the play more than anything else. Allowing the opera to not only be remembered
for its humor but its ability to blend a dramatic storyline with hints of comedy. But the impression the opera leaves on its audience might be too

Don Juan The Trickster Of Seville
Don Juan, the Trickster of Seville, his name says it all. Don Juan is a charming, seductive, ladies man who thrives off of seducing women and will
do anything and everything to do so. His love for romance and women and his lack of moral obligations make him a guy that parents warn their
daughters about. Don Juan is the ultimate bad boy when it comes to love and getting what he wants. Not only is he a womanizer, but a true
representation of the wages of sin. Don Juan lives his life as if he is untouchable and true definition of a risk taker when it comes to sin. Don Juan
doesn't just give us a glimpse of his way of life he lights the fire to an unrighteous path of life for us to see. In the very beginning of the play we learn
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While sharing stories with Don Juan, Marquis foolishly lets Don Juan know about his interest and love for a Dona Ana. Don Juan then sets his
plan into motion to trick Dona Ana by pretending to be Marquis and using his cape as a disguise to carry out his seductive trick. Often like the
devil who disguises himself to trick and mislead us to sin. Again, we see the dark to describe Don Juan's sinful heart and ways. Don Juan refers to
himself and states "In Seville I'm called the Trickster; and my greatest pleasure is to trick women, leaving them dishonored" (II, 269). Don Juan
truly has no remorse, shame, empathy, or conscience for his wicked ways and will do anything even to his own friend for his sexual desires. If he
wants something, he will make sure that he gets what he wants by using whatever means he needs to. He doesn't think about how his actions make
you feel, or others loss and we see that here with Marquis. All Don Juan thinks are achieving his own needs and no one is immune from being drawn
into Don Juan's games not even his friend, Marquis who he plays one of his most scandalous tricks

Don Quixote's Quotes And Analysis
They get on a boat, and don't go very far. Don Quixote believes they have travelled two thousand miles. The boat reaches some mills. The owner of
the boat appear and Don Quixote pays him. They find a Duchess and a Duke hunting. Sancho goes to talk to the Duchess and she welcomes him, as
she has read the first part of the book. Don Quixote and Sancho ride with them to their castle. Don Quixote believes the Duke is a knight–errant. When
they have Dinner the Duke forces Don Quixote to sit at the head of the table. The duchess takes a particular liking to Sancho for embarrassing his
master with his silliness. The servants wash Don Quixote's head and pretend to run out of water. The Duke forces them to wash his head the same way
so he does not get

Don Quixote
The master–servant relationship between Sancho and Quixote in Cervantes' Don Quixote reveals the synthesis of both chivalric and picaresque
elements in the story. The picaresque perspective is visible in Don Quixote when comparing it to Lazarillo De Tormes. The adversity of the underdog
Lazaro and his various masters reveal the foibles of human–makeup due to society's harshness. Beyond the face–level meaning, the underlying depiction
of Spanish society is hidden by the authors through the master–servant relationship alongside foodstuffs, andВ¬ cultural conflicts due to social
hierarchy and the revival of Old Christian ethics. Thus, we search beyond these points of companionship to determine if material conditions and social
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In "The Lazarillo de Tormes and the Way of the World" Everett Hess scrutinizes "the impact of the way of the world on LГ
Ўzaro" in its several
aspects: "the corrupting power of money, the debasement of love, the degeneration in the concept of honor, the deception of the world, and the
reformation of the human spirit" (Hess 165). The author connects the relationship of LГЎzaro and his masters with material goods to display how "the
way of the world can be characterized as money–mad, self–seeking, cruel, inhuman, immoral and hypocritical" (Hess 164). For example, the blind man
employs various fraudulent means to obtain money and abuses LГЎzaro through violence and cruelty, which ultimately galvanizes Lazaros hatred
toward the blind man. The stringy cleric in tratado 2 did very little to justify his priestly calling by giving LГЎzaro gnawed bones to eat, while he
treated himself to the best. LГЎzaro and his masters fight for themselves in an abrasive environment in which ethics and mortality are pushed aside
"amidst the pressures of hunger, sex, recognition, and security" (Hess). Hess exposes human condition in Spanish society with its capacity for evil
through the master–servant relationship with material

Essay On Don Quixote
Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature. It has been around for more than four hundred years. It is still being read and it is
a work that is dear to many people's hearts. The story is mainly about an older individual named Alonso Quixana who lives in La Mancha in central
Spain. After, he read thousands of book about knights he started to go insane and decides to change his name to Don Quixote. So, when he finished all
his books he started to believe that he was one. In this piece Don Quixote experiences love, morality, law, justice and much more. But, reality and
fantasy are two major points in this story. This story is very much related in the 21st century because in society today people who have big aspirations
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Especially those who grew up not knowing how there life would turn out to be. A conflict that has been going around in today's world is
"Dreamers" those who have immigrant parents that were brought to the United States in order to have a better life. These people's dreams have
been ruining more and more each day because there is little to no hope left in achieving those goals. An impactful quote that was said in Don
Quixote was, "I do know who I am, and who is in my depth has nothing to do with your ideas and with your expectations about me" (book) What this
quote is trying to tell it's audience is that sometimes our highest most outrageous goals sometimes seem untouchable and we get scared when other see
us trying to reach that goal. The Scientific Journal of Humanistic Studies states, "Being something, someone, having an established identity is
comfortable, but becoming someone is risky" (Cun 3). Having a dream isn't unhealthy or dangerous nor is being imaginative either. But, the
population tends to believe that if you are an imaginative person you are going insane. Which is not the case, this is the reason why Don Quixote de
la Mancha became such a modern character. He was someone who desired to become someone, and to be able to metamorphose the world in a more
favorable way. At the time this book was written reality and fantasy were two completely opposite terms, no one had ever thought to put those two
together. Cervantes sure made a bold

Don Juan Analysis
Don Juan's valet, Sgnarelle had a more than enough gossip to share with another mistress's valet for whom his master, Don Juan, had "promised"
to marry in the passage. The fact of the matter is Sgnarelle holds no reservations in his hyperbolic assessment of Don Juan's moral character and
his values in promising himself to anything or anyone if it means a return of personal pleasure, going as far to say that his master would marry the
valet, a cat, or dog if he so desired it. Moliere compares Don Juan to the late Greek philosopher Epicurus, who believed in the material world, and
that one's primary goal in life should be fixed toward their own personal pleasure; as well as comparing him to the last Assyrian king,
Sardanapalus, who led the same lifestyle as Epicurus, devoting himself to his own personal desires and pleasure, and was burned alive in a pyre.
Could this be Moliere's foreshadowing that Don Juan will meet the same demise as this king, because he is living the same lifestyle? Prior to any
introductions of the lead character, Don Juan, Moliere approaches this initiation by degenerating the honor and name of Don Juan by the man with
whom he seems to trust the most with his accords. Sgnarelle is exceptionally fond of the word "marry" which he uses five times alone in this passage,
as if Moliere was trying to get across that the audience should be expecting more marriage in the text to come. Moliere's use of tautology builds this
idea and conceptualization of Don Juan

The Fantasies of Don Quixote Essay
The Fantasies of Don Quixote
Don Quixote lived in a fantasy world of chivalry. Chivalry had negative and
positive effects on the lives of the people. Don Quixote emphasizes a cross–section of
Spanish life, thought, and feeling at the end of chivalry. Don Quixote has been called
the best novel in the world, and it cannot be compared to any other novel. Don
Quixote has been described as "that genial and just judge of imposture, folly, vanity,
affectation, and insincerity; that tragic picture of the brave man born out of his
time, too proud and too just to be of use in his age" (Putnam, 15).
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Don Quixote was a Spanish knight about fifty years old. His real name was Alonso Quijano. He lived in the village of La Mancha with his neice, his
house–
keeper, and a handy man. He gave up hunting and taking care of his estate to satisfy
his passion of reading books of chivalry. He had a large collection of romances of
chivalry and in the end they turned his brain. His mind became weak from his

reading his many romances of chivalry (Samuel, 57). His mind became stuffed with
fantasy accounts of tournaments, knightly quests, damsels or women in distress, and
strange enchantments (Grossvogel, 89). His high spirit and his courage never failed
him, but his illusions led him into trouble. Warddropper says, "Don Quixote's
madness is not the result of unrequited passion. It is the result of reading too many
books of chivalry. He is a knight gone mad from a platonic love" (Warddropper,
136).
One day he decided to imitate the heroes of the books he had read and to
revive the ancient custom of knight–erranty. Don believed that he had been called to
become a knight–errant (Putnam, 63). Nothing would satisfy him but that he must
ride abroad on his old horse, armed with spear and helmet, a knight–errant, to
encounter all

Don Quixote And The Sonnets : An Analysis
The works of Renaissance thinkers, writers, and artists share many traits, but one feature, a doubtful attitude toward authority and orthodoxy of their
time, stands out in particular. Michel de Montaigne's criticism of the hypocritical European ethnocentrism in his essay Cannibals, stands out as one
example. Moreover, the broader conflict between the established Catholic Church and Protestants exemplified the change in mindset from strict
adherence to the existing order to one that involved questioning authority. Authors and artists of the time highlighted this shift in thinking through satire
and criticism of traditional sources of authority. Two writers,Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare, in their works Don Quixote, Hamlet and
The Sonnets, embodied this ambivalent attitude toward authority.
Shakespeare's Sonnets goes against the orthodoxy of religious authority when Shakespeare suggests, in "Sonnet 55," that poets possess powers
typically associated with God, such as giving life. He writes, "'Gainst death and all oblivious enmity/ Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find
room/ Even in the eyes of all posterity/ That wear this world out to the ending doom," implying that the poem is capable of providing immortality, even
if only through memory (55). This elevates the poet, himself, to a respectable and powerful position, while simultaneously diminishing the authority of
other forms of art and commemoration. In "Sonnet 73" and "Sonnet 130,"

Don Quixote Satire
Throughout the satire Don Quixote, Cervantes selectively uses humor to emphasize a point in which he openly disagrees with. Cervantes takes
advantage of this humor when he specifically retells the Marcela and Eugenio's tragic story. In Marcela's story, Marcela becomes a shepherdess in
order to avoid marriage. However her decision leads to one of her suitors killing himself leading to public out roar. On the other hand, Eugenio retells
a story involving his love Leandra. Leandra accidently falls in love with a soldier who happens to live in her village, however he robs and entombs
Leandra in a cave. Yet, Eugenio feels betrayed by Leandra that he decides to live as a shepherd. When telling the story, Cervantes limits his humor to
certain characters and actions, signaling to the reader when he agrees or disagrees with a concept. Cervantes uses the contradicting stories to comment
on the detrimental class system plaguing seventeenth century Spain. The contradictory factors involved in Marcela and Eugenio's story, such as suitors
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Importantly the article explains that Marcela's story comments on the expectancy of society. Jehenson states that, "My interpretive purpose is to show
that Cervantes' unconventional handling of both the pastoral genre, and of Marcela within this pastoral episode, are fraught with purposeful
ambiguity" (Jehenson 17). Throughout Don Quixote, Cervantes does not handle Marcela similarly to the other women of the novel. The only time the
reader encounters Marcela is during the funeral for a quick moment before she mysteriously disappears into the forest. Most of the information about
Marcela are rumors spread by the other shepherds; therefore her appearance serves to contradict the rumors spread by the suitors. Yet Marcela still
continues to be a mysterious figure in the

Satire in Don Quijote Essays
Don Quijote was a tall, skinny "wanna–be" who found himself morally obligated to involve himself in other people's business for the sole purpose of
acting as a proper knight errant would. Although he believes that his "battles" help solve situations (though the results is usually the opposite), what it
comes down to is that he wants to be famous, to be in love with his woman, to be accomplished, recognized, and adored. Therefore, Don Quijote's
motives are self–serving, and not "by–the–book" as a knight errant should be. "As much for the sake of his own greater honor as for his duty to the
nation, he decided to turn himself into a knight errant..." (p. 15) The thing was, this was how knights generally were – a ... Show more content on
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What proper knight errant would beat up someone, claim the victory, and then of course, claim its spoils? I guess that's just it – knights did that. But
how do we know our "hero" wasn't just pretending to be crazy to get away with this?
In chapter sixteen, Don Quijote and his sidekick, Sancho, arrive at an inn, all beat up from their battles, and from falling down a lot. The hero
thinks the inn is a castle, and deems that they are owed a warm and comfortable place to sleep because he is the Great Don Quijote de La Mancha,
braving battles against all evil for the purpose of saving the kingdom. Sancho and a girl who works at the inn, Maritones, have a "knight errant"
conversation, in which he realizes he needs to explain the point behind what he and Don Quijote do. "A knight errant can see himself, as fast as
'one, two, three,' either beaten with clubs or turned into an emperor. Today, he can be the most wretched creature in the world, and the neediest, and
tomorrow he can have two or three kingships to give his squire." (p. 87) The poor man really thinks that Don Quijote will someday be rich and
famous and hook him up. Even if this became the case, as he is really secretly out for himself, for his own recognition, who's to say that Sancho would
get anything out of this, except for orders to relay his newfound fame to Dulcinea?
In chapter twenty–two, Don Quijote, wanted so much to be idolized and

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