Don Quixote

Author: Zhang Meini
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Cervantes was a great Spanish writer, dramatist, and poet. His works profoundly reflect the social reality of the decline of the Spanish Kingdom in the late 16th century from different perspectives, with a strong sense of humor and irony, as well as a clear moral purpose. The novel Don Quixote is his masterpiece. Long ago, in La Mancha, Spain, there lived a declining, frail nobleman—Don Quixote. He became obsessed with ancient knightly tales and dressed himself as a knight, accompanied by his stout servant Sancho, embarking on three journeys across the country. He fought windmills, lions, and giants, and even made Sancho the governor of an island. His "achievements" were not very significant, but he caused quite a lot of laughter, constantly ran into obstacles and humiliation, was often severely injured or treated as a madman, and in the end, his friends exhausted all efforts to bring him home. After returning home for the third time, Don Quixote, lying on his sick bed, realized the absurdity and outdated nature of the knightly tales. Before his death, he made a profound repentance for his past actions.