PlotOverview

AbouttheAuthor

NovelNotes

DonQuixote

Miguelde
Cervantes

MigueldeCervanteswasbornnearMadridin
1547anddiedin1616.Hewasburiedin
ThebookisaboutamancalledDonQuixote
Madridinanunmarkedgrave.Cervanteswrote
whoisobsessedwithmedievalknightsandthe
somepoetryforthewifeofPhilipIIwhenshe
adventurestheyhad.Hebecomesdelusional
died.HethenjoinedtheSpanisharmyinItaly.
andsetsoutonajourneytobecomeaknight.
Whenhewasasoldier,hewascapturedby
Hisfirstquestdoesnotendwellandhegoes
Turkswherehespentfiveyearsinprison.
backtohistown.HethentakesSanchoPanza
Cervanteswrote
DonQuixote
in1605.He
ashistrustysquireandgoonaquest.When
wrote
LaGalatea,Lasdosdoncellas,El
theygoonthisjourneyandDonQuixote
licenciadoVidriera,
andmuchmore.Cervantes
becomesmoreofabanditthanahero.Heacts
wasmarriedwith
CatalinadeSalazaryPalacios
outmoreagainstcitizensthatthreatenhis
untilhisdeathandtheyneverhadchildren.He
knighthood.DonQuixotecomesabarberand
didhaveonechildwithhispreviousmarriage.
mistakeshisbasinforamythicalhelmotandin

wantingtogetthehelmetDonQuixotecharges
atthebarberwhorunsaway.Sanchos

donkey,Dapple,getsstolenandDonQuixote
AlysonGutierrez
HistoricalContext
givesSanchmoneywhichmakesupfor

previoustroubles.Theysearchfortheman
.
January10,2016
theybelievethemoneybelongstoandfindhim
DonQuixotes
firstpartwaswrittenin1605.

manydayslatertofindhiminaraggedstate.
Thebookbecamethefirstworldsbestseller

ThepriestandthebarberfindDonQuixoteand andwastranslatedinto60differentlanguages.
trytobringhimback.Thefourofthemendup
MigueldeCervantespublishedthesecondpart
EssentialQuotes
ataninnwhereAnselmo,Camilla,Lothario,
in1615ayearbeforehisdeath.Hebeganto

andafewothersareat.CamillaandLothario
writethefirstpartwhileinprisonforchargesof
Thetruthmaybestretchedthin,butitnever
beginaloveaffairandCamillapretendstostab
mismanagements.
breaks,anditalwayssurfacesabovelies,as
herselfforareason.AfterthatIlostinterestin
oilfloatsonwater(Cervantes).
thebookanddidnotfinishit.

...Iamquitesatisfied..toimagineandbelieve

thatthegoodAldonzaLorenzoissolovelyand

virtuous...
(Cervantes25).

WorksCited:

http://www.biography.com/people/migueldecervantes92
42997#donquixote
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/donquixote/themes.html

CharacterAnalysis

DonQuixote:

DonQuixotedelaManchais

themaincharacterinthestory.Heisprobably
amiddleagesmanobsessedwithMedieval
knights.Heendsupgoinginsaneandsetsout
onaquesttobecomeaknight.DonQuixote
takeshisfriendSanchotogoonthejourneys
withhimtosavetheworld.
Rocinante:

DonQuixotesmightysteed.This
iswhatDonQuixoteseeshimasbutheis
actuallyadonkey.Heisoldandwornoutbutis
stillfaithfultoDonQuixote.
SanchoPanza:
DonQuixotesfriendand
trustworthysquire.Heisthesecondmain
characterinthenovelandgoesonthe
adventurewithDonQuixotetobecomea
knight.
Dulcinea
:
ThepeasantinwhichDonQuixote
envisionsashislove.Sheneverhasanywords
toDonQuixotebutismentionedmultipletimes
throughoutthenovel.
Dapple:
Sanchosdonkeythatgoesonthe
journeyswithDonQuixoteandSancho.Dapple
atonepointinthestorygetsstolenbyarobber
butreappearslateron.

Themes

MotifsandSymbols

PerspectiveandNarration:

Romance:

Thenovelexploresthevariouspossibilitiesof
narrationandperspective.Oneofthechapters
startswhenDonQuixotegoesonhisfirst
journey.Inthatchapteritshowswhatis
basicallyinromancestories.Therestofthe
bookcovershownormalbooksarebrokenup.
Bybeingbrokenupbychaptersandexplaining
everydayeventsthathappenthroughoutthe
story.

Romancehasbeengivenupbymanypeople
inthisnovel.SomepeoplesuchasDon
Quixoteandothersstillholdontoromance.
CamachosweddingandDonLouisslovefor
Claraareexampleswhereromancerises
aboveallelse.

Honor:

Honorplaysapartin
DonQuixote
,Don
Quixotehadhisobsessionwithhonorand

defendinghim.Thisleadhimtoattackpeople
whodidnotmeantooffendhim.Anselmowas
Morality:
AsthenovelgoesonDonQuixotetriestobea protectiveforhiswifeshonourandbeginsto
knightwhichfailstobringbacktheoldsystem mistrusthiswifeforhavinganaffair.Hishonor
forhiswiferesultedinhisdeath.
ofmorality.TheChivalriccodeisanoldcodein

theeraDonQuixotelivesin.Becauseofthis
Horses:
hehastroubleunderstandingpeopleand
peoplecannotunderstandhim.Hissquire
Horsessymbolizecompanionshipand
Sanchocanunderstandmoralitytoapoint.He
movement.RocinanteandDapple,Don
goesbackandforththroughthechivalriccode
QuixotesandSanchosdonkeys,become
tohistimeperiod.Withthispeopleareableto companionsofthemandplayanimportantrole
toleratehimandunderstandhimmuchmore
intheirjourneys.DonQuixotesawhorsesto
thanDonQuixote.
symbolizeanewadventurethatisyettocome.