In Book II, Cervantes responds to the "imposter sequel" and he noticeably takes authorship more seriously. The book was denounced as a fraud, disclaimed by Cervantes, but nonetheless read and enjoyed by a very large audience. In the intervening decade, an "imposter" published a sequel to Book I. Cervantes intended to publish a sequel to Book I it arrived on the scene ten years later, in 1615. Ironically, authorship does become a major issue in terms of the publication of the sequel to Book I. As "author," Cervantes has merely translated and embellished the work. In the Preface, Cervantes claims that the story was originally recorded by a Moor. In the end, they decide to burn almost all of the gentleman's sin-provoking booksthose books that aren't burned in the hellish fire are removed from the house altogether.Īuthorship is one of the central themes of this novel. While Don Quixote sleeps, the niece and housekeeper conspire with two of Don Quixote's friends (the priest and the barber). A peasant from La Mancha discovers Don Quixote and leads the gentleman back to his home, where his anxious niece and housekeeper are waiting. His body is bruised though his life is not endangered. Once Don Quixote is safely gone, the master continues to whip his servant.ĭon Quixote also suffers a beating soon after, when he forces an altercation with a group of thirteen men. Don Quixote perceives that justice has been done, and so he continues on his path. Quixote sides with the boy against his master, but then believes the master when he assures Quixote that the boy will be promptly recompensed. The boy claims that the master owes him unpaid wages, but the master claims that the boy is dishonest. Don Quixote discovers a young laborer ( Andres) being ruthlessly whipped by his master, John Haldudo the Rich. The innkeeper advises Don Quixote that knights must travel with a few sets of clothing as well as a good amount of money.ĭon Quixote returns to La Mancha to get the necessary supplies, and on the way, he hears crying sounds from a bush.
But when Quixote violently attacks one of the guests, the innkeeper hurriedly knights Don Quixote and sends him off. The innkeeper plays along with Quixote's imaginations and agrees to knight Don Quixote in the morning. The innkeeper and guests are frightened by Quixote, but they soon become amused. Quixote is crudely dressed as a warrior (with a helmet made of pasteboard). Upon reaching an inn, Quixote envisions that the inn is a castle, that two lingering prostitutes are beautiful damsels, and that a dwarf opens the drawbridge to the castle. Quixote sees her as a beautiful noble lady and so he calls her Dulcinea and vows to fight for her honor and glory. On the road, Don Quixote stumbles upon a very ordinary peasant woman. Neither his niece nor his housekeeper can persuade him from dressing his old horse and setting off to battle giants. As a result, he changes his name to Don Quixote and decides to become a knight-errant.
#DON QUIXOTE SPARKNOTES FULL#
"His imagination was full of all that he read in his books"stories of medieval knights, chivalry, and bloody battles. As the story begins, this man has lost his wits. There is an older gentleman (named Quixana or perhaps Quesada) and he lives in a Spanish village called La Mancha. In the end, however, his friend convinced him that these allusions will make the book larger and will convince the readers that Cervantes is a well-educated man. At first, Cervantes decided that his book would have few allusions to classical or medieval storiesas was the custom of the day. The author claims to be the "stepfather of Don Quixote" (as opposed to the father) because he is sharing an old story that was told to him long ago. Don Quixote begins with a preface by Cervantes.
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