Paul's review
Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Paul's review
Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Paul's review
rating:
No question - finishing this book is a triumph. There are some real comical parts, and obviously Cervantes is mocking ridiculous literary romances. More so than remembering all the little instances in the book, one remembers the characters - Don Quixote - the idealistic, bumbling, adventure-seeking, crazy (?) knight, and his earthy, not-so-intelligent, practical squire, Sancho Panza.
But the question is, as it is in Hamlet, is Don Quixote really crazy. And I think the answer, as it is in Hamlet, is "no." Hamlet is the greatest conciousness in his play, and he seeks to re-order his world. Don Quixote doesn't have quite the intellect that does Hamlet, but he does the same thing, in that he is trying to re-order his world to a design that he likes better. I've come to think that he knows exactly what he is doing, and sometimes he even understands the ridiculousness of it, but he PREFERS his way of interacting with the world, and so he does it....
Unamuno claims Quixote r...more
But the question is, as it is in Hamlet, is Don Quixote really crazy. And I think the answer, as it is in Hamlet, is "no." Hamlet is the greatest conciousness in his play, and he seeks to re-order his world. Don Quixote doesn't have quite the intellect that does Hamlet, but he does the same thing, in that he is trying to re-order his world to a design that he likes better. I've come to think that he knows exactly what he is doing, and sometimes he even understands the ridiculousness of it, but he PREFERS his way of interacting with the world, and so he does it....
Unamuno claims Quixote r...more
