Keertana Kota and Maddy Burton Don Quixote Keertana Kota and Maddy Burton

Summary Introduction: Don Quixote is a middle aged man living in La Mancha. He reads so many books that he goes crazy, and wants to be a noble hero. HIs family thinks he’s a lunatic so they try to lock him in is house, but he escapes and takes a farmer Sancho Panza along with him on his travels. Text: Don Quixote and his little sidekick go on an adventure together. Soon they come across some windmills and Quixote comes across some windmills. Mistaking them for giants, Quixote goes to attack the windmills even though Sancha protests. Quixote ends up attacking the windmills and fails miserably. He says the wizard Friston changed the giants to windmills last minute. Then they both go to rest for the night. Don quixote doesn’t sleep but he remembers his loved one Dulcinea and ends up remembering stuff from his chivalry books.

Impact of Author’s Meaning and Tone The tone during the novel is ironic. The author, Miguel de Cervantes pokes fun at Don Quixote for his determination to be a knight. Miguel de Cervantes also includes this satire as with the reason of him creating this novel. In the introduction about Miguel de Cervantes it shows the irony in the novel which is Don Quixote’s determination which can be present in everyone in some way. Cervantes had long wished to be a war hero which was not possible because he was injured from war.

Purpose of Text The main purpose of Don Quixote was for entertainment and to promote satire. In the introduction to the story, it had included a full page describing the purpose,uses and importance of satire. The author, Miguel de Cervantes incorporated satire to create a parody of the entire story. Another purpose present in the story is to portray chivalry during that time period.

Word Choice and Figurative Language Quixote - A person who is hopeful and romantic in a way that is not practical. Rocinante - Don Quixote’s horse. In Spanish Rocín means low quality horse or illiterate man. Dulcinea: It has the root word Dulce which means sweet. Quotes: “what we see there are not giants but windmills, and what seem to be their arms are the sails that turned by the wind make the millstone go." "It is easy to see," replied Don Quixote, "that thou art not used to this business of adventures; those are giants;” -Extended Metaphor and Irony This is an extended metaphor because it refers to the windmills as giants. This quote also has an underlying tone of irony because it makes Sancho seem like the foolish one because he failed to recognize the giants, even he was right that they were windmills, which means Quixote was the senseless one.

Word Choice and Figurative Language (Cont.) "I will do so, I promise you," answered Sancho, "and will keep this precept as carefully as Sunday." -Simile This quote is a simile because in Christian faith Sunday is a religious day of the week, which shows that Sancha is very serious about this quest even though it is literally a road to nowhere. It also explains how knights at this time period didn’t know what they were doing and blindly went on quests like Quixote and Sancho. "I remember having read how a Spanish knight, Diego Perez de Vargas by name, having broken his sword in battle, tore from an oak a ponderous bough ...eyewitness of things that will with difficulty be believed." -Allusion/Parody This quote is an allusion to a another popular story about Vargas. People who have read that other story understand that the chivalry from that story emphasizes the absurdity of this story.

Overall Meaning The overall meaning of the story is supposed to show what a heavy emphasis there is on chivalry and fairy tales because this piece of literature is a parody. A lot of the names in the story have double meanings. The fair maiden that Quixote is in love with is named Dulcinea, which also translates to sweet and represents how in most stories women were depicted as another pretty face. Quixote’s willingness to attack a windmill for no reason represents how in stories men really didn’t know what they were doing and just sort of attacked something just to do it. Another meaning is that Quixote finally goes to follow his dreams. However, he does it in such a messed up way that he doesn’t know what he is doing. This shows that when people follow their dreams, in actuality they don’t know what they are doing.

Connection to Restoration Satiric influences Parody The usage of previous works/allusion The Restoration was about new ideas and satire becoming prominent. The Restoration also appealed to heroic ideals, which is what this story is mocking.

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