Don Quixote

Author: Miguel de Cervantes
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: A young gentleman named Don Quixote becomes obsessed with knight-errant novels and imitates ancient knights. He wears a rusty set of armor and rides a lean horse, going on adventures and doing many absurd and ridiculous things. Although Don Quixote's actions are absurd and ridiculous, we must not simply understand him as a comical clown. In his absurd and ridiculous actions, there are noble motivations and lofty ideals. Don Quixote hates tyranny and cruelty, opposes oppression, sympathizes with the weak, and upholds justice. The conflict between Don Quixote and the surrounding world is essentially a conflict between lofty ideals and the dark reality.