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Don Quixote

Reporter:

Villaceran, Ruth Klaribelle C.BSED 2


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Don Quixote

Full title:The

Ingenious Gentleman

Don Quixote of La

Mancha

Spanish title:El

ingenioso hidalgo don

Quijote de la Mancha


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Don Quixote

Author: Miguel de Cervantes

Culture: Spanish

Date: early 17th c.

Genre: satirical novel

Names/terms to know: DonQuixote, Sancho Panza,Dulcinea, Sansn Carrasco,Marcela, Grisstomo,

chivalry & pastoralism


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Don Quixote: Key Facts

full title The Adventures of DonQuixote

author Miguel de CervantesSaavedra

type of work Novel

genre Parody; comedy; romance;

morality novel language Spanish

time and place written Spain;late sixteenth and early seventeenthcenturies

date of first publication The

First Part, 1605; the SecondPart, 1615


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narrator Cervantes, who claims to be translating the earlier work ofCide Hamete Benengeli, a Moor who supposedly chronicled the true

historical adventures of Don Quixote

point of view Cervantes narrates most of the novels action in the third

person, following Don Quixotes actions and only occasionally entering

into the thoughts of his characters. He switches into the first person,however, whenever he discusses the novel itself or Benengelis original

manuscript.

tone Cervantes maintains an ironic distance from the characters and

events in the novel, discussing them at times with mock seriousness.

tense Past, with some moments of present tense

setting (time) 1614

setting (place) Spain

protagonist Don Quixote


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major conflict The First Part: Don Quixote sets out with Sancho Panzaon a life of chivalric adventures in a world no longer governed by chivalric

values; the priest attempts to bring Don Quixote home and cure his

madness. The Second Part: Don Quixote continues his adventures with

Sancho, and Sampson Carrasco and the priest conspire to bring Don

Quixote home by vanquishing him.rising action The First Part: Don Quixote wanders Spain and encounters

many strange adventures before the priest finds him doing penance in the

Sierra Morena. The Second Part: Don Quixote wanders Spain and has many

adventures, especially under the watch of a haughty Duke and Duchess.

climax The First Part: Don Quixote and the priest meet in the Sierra

Morena, and Dorothea begs for Don Quixote to help her avenge her stolen

kingdom. The Second Part: Sampson, disguised as the Knight of the White

Moon, defeats Don Quixote.


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falling action The First Part: the priest and the barber take Don Quixotehome in a cage, and Don Quixote resigns himself to the fact that he isenchanted. The Second Part: Don Quixote returns home after his defeat andresolves to give up knight-errantry.

themes Perspective and narration; incompatible systems of morality; the

distinction between class and worth motifs Honor; romance; literature

symbols Books and manuscripts; horses; inns

foreshadowing Cervantess declaration at the end of the First Part thatthere will be a second part and that Don Quixote will die in it, coupled withthe nieces and the housekeepers fear that Don Quixote will run away

again, hints at Don Quixotes fate in the Second Part.


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Don Quixote

Cervantes combines several genres into one.

His initial purpose: to satirize the romances ofchivalry, to create a parody of a literary type

characterized by supernatural deeds of valor,implausible & complicated adventures, duels,and enchantments.

The novel was popular immediately.


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Don Quixote: Characters

Don Quixote - The novels tragicomic hero. Don Quixotes main quest inlife is to revive knight-errantry in a world devoid of chivalric virtues andvalues. He believes only what he chooses to believe and sees the worldvery differently from most people. Honest, dignified, proud, and idealistic,he wants to save the world. As intelligent as he is mad, Don Quixote startsout as an absurd and isolated figure and ends up as a pitiable and lovable

old man whose strength and wisdom have failed him. Sancho Panza - The peasant laborergreedy but kind, faithful but

cowardlywhom Don Quixote takes as his squire. A representation of thecommon man, Sancho is a foil to Don Quixote and virtually every othercharacter in the novel. His proverb-ridden peasants wisdom and self-sacrificing Christian behavior prove to be the novels most insightful and

honorable worldview. He has an awestruck love for Don Quixote but growsself-confident and saucy, ending the novel by advising his master in mattersof deep personal philosophy.


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Rocinante - Don Quixotes barn horse. Rocinante is slow but faithful, andhe is as worn out as Don Quixote is.

Dapple - Sanchos donkey. Dapples disappearance and reappearance isthe subject of much controversy both within the story and within theliterary criticism concerningDon Quixote.

Cide Hamete Benengeli

- The fictional writer of Moorish decent fromwhose manuscripts Cervantes supposedly translates the novel. Cervantesuses the figure of Benengeli to comment on the ideas of authorship andliterature explored in the novel and to critique historians. Benengelisopinions, bound in his so-called historical text, show his contempt for thosewho write about chivalry falsely and with embellishment.

Dulcinea del Toboso - The unseen force driving all of Don Quixotes

adventures. Dulcinea, a peasant woman whom Don Quixote envisions ashis ladylove, has no knowledge of his chivalric dedication to her. Thoughconstantly mentioned and centrally important to the novel, she neverappears as a physical character.


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Cervantes - The supposed translator of Benengelis historical novel, whointerjects his opinions into the novel at key times. Cervantes intentionallycreates the impression that he did not invent the character of Don Quixote.Like Benengeli, Cervantes is not physically present but is a characternonetheless. In his prologues, dedications, and invention of Benengeli,Cervantes enhances the self-referential nature of the novel and forces us to

think about literatures purpose and limitations. The Duke and Duchess - The cruel and haughty contrivers of the

adventures that occupy Don Quixote for the majority of the novels SecondPart. Bored and snobby, the Duke and Duchess feign interest in DonQuixote and Sancho but continually play pranks on them for their personalentertainment. The Duke and Duchess spend so much money and effort on

their ploys that they seem as mad as Don Quixote. Altisidora - The Duchesss bratty maid. Altisidora pretends to love DonQuixote, mocking his concept of romantic love.


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Sampson Carrasco - A sarcastic student from Don Quixotes village.Sampson mocks Don Quixote at first but loses to him in combat and thendedicates himself to revenge. Self-important and stuffy, Sampson fails tograsp the often playful nature of Don Quixotes madness.

The priest - A friend of Don Quixotes. The priest disapproves of fictionalbooks that, in his opinion, negatively influence society. Nonetheless, he

enjoys tales of chivalry so much that he cannot throw them away.Moreover, despite his social conscience, he enjoys Don Quixotes madnessat times.

The barber - Don Quixotes friend who recognizes Quixotes madnessbut intervenes only to help the priest carry out his plans. The barberstrenuously disapproves of Don Quixotes chivalry.

Teresa Panza - Sanchos good-hearted wife. Teresa speaks in proverbs,exhibiting more wisdom than most other characters. Unambitious but a bitgreedy, she endures Sanchos exploits and supports him with her prayers.


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Cardenio - An honorable man who is driven mad by the infidelities of hiswife, Lucinda, and the treachery of a duke, Ferdinand. Cardenio is thequintessential romantic lover.

Lucinda - Cardenios wife. Silent and beautiful, Lucinda is a model of thecourtly woman. Docile and innocent, she obliges her parents and her lover.

Ferdinand - An arrogant young duke who steals Lucinda from Cardeniowith no remorse.

Dorothea - Ferdinands faithful and persistent love. Dorothea floutstradition to hunt down Ferdinand when he takes her chastity but refuses tomarry her. Deceptive and cunning, smart and aggressive, Dorothea is notthe typical female character of her time.

Countess Trifaldi - A fictitious maidservant in distress who isimpersonated by the Dukes steward. The countesss sob story sends DonQuixote and Sancho off on their expedition on the wooden horse. She ismore ridiculous and fantastic than anyone except Don Quixote.


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Gines de Pasamonte - An ungrateful galley slave whom Don Quixotefrees. Gines appears mostly for comic relief, but his justifications for hiscrimes force us to be more critical of Don Quixotes justificationsfor his crimes.

Roque Guinart - A chivalrous bandit. Inherently conflicted, Roquebelieves in justice and generosity but kills an underling who challenges himfor being so generous to others.


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Don Quixote

The story starts out simplyenough. After reading a greatmany chivalric taleshaving

sold much of his land toobtain the booksa 50-year-old gentleman of La Manchaloses his reason. The world

of disorderly notions flooded

his imagination.


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Don Quixote

Having lost his understanding, Don Quixotethrows himself into the romantic adventure ofknight-errantry. He prepares himself for his

adventure by gathering: Sancho Panza, asquire (formerly his neighbor); Rozinante, atrusty steed (a worn-out horse); and Dulcineade Tobosa, his lady (a poor girl, who doesn't

even know Don Quixote exists).


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The story continues with Don

Quixote facing repeatedmisadventures,

as he courts disaster.


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