Don Quixote (title character)
- Don Quixote (title character)
Don Quixote is the titular character of the novel of the same name by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. He is portrayed as a well-intentioned but foolishly unrealistic Spanish Hidalgo who believes himself to be a heroic knight-errant. [ [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/donquixote/canalysis.html SparkNotes: Don Quixote: Analysis of Major Characters ] ] His misguided attempts to bring order and balance to La Mancha cause more damage than good, and he has gone mad from his excessive reading of medieval tales of chivalrous knights-errant.][ The eponymous term "", deriving from the character's name, can be used to refer to a person, characteristic, or notion that is well-meaning but unrealistically noble, chivalrous, and impractical. [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quixotic Merriam Webster definition of "Quixotic"] ]tory
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External links
* [http://www.novelguide.com/donquixote/characterprofiles.html]
ee also
*List of characters in Don Quixote
*Don Quixote
*Rocinante - his horse
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