Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Life experiences:

Soldier

Novelist, Poet, PlaywrightSlave

Tax Collector

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Part I •1605

•Becomes Don Quixote de la Mancha

•Alonso Quixano

=Chivalry

Don Quixote

Sancho Rocinante

Set out to do good deeds.

Dulcinea

Dulciena del Toboso

Aldonza Lorenzo

Don Quixote finds his lady…

In reality…

… a peasant girl

Don Quixote’s Adventures

•Fights a “giant”

•Obtains the magic helmet of Mambrino

He is tricked by his friends and is forced to go back home…

Fake Sequel

Part II

•Tries to break the enchantment placed on Dulcinea

•1614

The Duke and Duchess

Don Quixote’s Adventures

The Knight of the White Moon

•Take in Don Quixote and Sancho•Play tricks

•Defeats Don Quixote•Old friend in disguise

Don Quixote

Cervantes

1615

What is the meaning behind Don Quixote de la Mancha?

Why is it still so popular today?

Perseverance

Hope

Quiz1. Who wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha?

3. Who is Don Quixote’s squire?

2. Did Cervantes use his own life experiences in Don Quixote?

Yes!

Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra

Sancho Panza

5. Who defeats Don Quixote?

4. Why does Don Quixote become a knight?

To do good deeds for others and rid the world of evil doers!

The Knight of the White Moon

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/donquixote/context.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/donquixote/summary.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes

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