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Miadventures Of Don Quixote

The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes is a long novel that will give you a different perspective on madness and the curing of it. This is not a work of literature for those who like to read a book quickly because I can’t see someone just skimming through Don Quixote. In medieval times, knight-errants roamed the countryside of Europe, rescuing damsels and vanquishing evildoers. This may sound absurd to many people in this time, but what if a person read so many books about these so-called knight-errants that he could not determine the real from that which was read? Such is the case in The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes which takes place probably some time in the ...

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tries to make his book more interesting with the use of point of view. Don Quixote sees what his mind and imagination create, not that which is transferred through the optic nerves in a very clean-cut scientific manner. He retreats to a world that holds meaning for him. When he first departs, he stops at an inn and his eyes make it a beautiful castle with blushing maids and noble sirs. The wench Aldonza is turned into Dulcinea, his one true love, who he swears by in his battles and contemplates when he is idle. Another example of his point-of-view is the famous windmill incident. Quixote sees “’thirty monstrous giants... with... long arms... the length of two leagues.’” such is the demented mind of Don Quixote. He went down into a legendary pit to behold its wonders. Once inside, he convinced himself he saw a transparent castle and that the people there were kept alive hundreds of years by Merlin’s magic when he seemed to only dream it.
Another way Cervantes uses ...

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Added: 8/7/2005 06:09:14 AM
Category: English
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