Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

reading books of chivalry with so much devotion and enthusiasm that he forgot almost completely about the hunt and even about the administration of his estate;

he went so far as to sell acres of arable land in order to buy books of chivalry to read,

the declarations and missives of love,

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Don Belianís

The knights often emerge from hours of hacking away, drenched in their own and their opponents' blood.

Palmerín

Master Nicolás,

Amadis was known to cry if chastised by his lover.

with too little sleep and too much reading his brains dried up,

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enchantments as well as combats, battles, challenges, wounds, courtings, loves, torments, and other impossible foolishness,

El Cid Ruy Díaz4

Amadís,

Bernardo del Carpio5

Morgante

Reinaldos de Montalbán,

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Trebizond

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Alexander’s Bucephalus and El Cid’s Babieca

Rocinante,

In many ways, Rocinante is not only Don Quixote's horse, but also his double; like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities. ~ Wikipedia

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Double simile

Aldonza Lorenzo,

Dulcinea of Toboso,

Rhymes with a lady in La Celestine by Fernando de Rojas 1499 (Melibea).

there were evils to undo, wrongs to right, injustices to correct, abuses to ameliorate, and offenses to rectify.

his virtuous desire.

continued on his way, following only the path his horse wished to take,

rosy dawn,

famous knight

famous steed,

my famous deeds will come to light, worthy of being carved in bronze, sculpted in marble, and painted on tablets as a remembrance in the future.

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the annals of La Mancha,

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ancient ballad of Lancelot

the toil and weight of arms cannot be borne if one does not control the stomach.”