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Don Quixote Character Analysis

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however, Cervantes wrote the character of Don Quixote as a combination of a man who was compassionate, chivalrous, independent, pure, true in his friendships and trustworthy while at the same  time as being a dreamer, obsessive, imaginative, unrealistic and insane. In his relationships with those around him, especially with his companion Sancho Panza, the reader can tell that Quixote has  always been respected and well liked because of the care and respect his friends have for him in their attempt to prevent him from harming himself. Sancho allows for Quixote  to live with his dreams originally based on promises made to him by Quixote but eventually in Sancho enjoying in the adventures himself. Overall, the character of Quixote is admired  and well liked by the readers who not only enjoy reading of his adventures but realize that he is a man of ideals and high morals during a time when  not many men were described as such. Don Quixote tells of a tale of an impoverished nobleman who is overcome with chivalrous romances to a point where their truth overcomes  him. He confuses his desires from the books of chivalry with the reality of the world in which he lives. While travelling the roads of Spain accompanied by his faithful  servant and friend, Sancho Panza, he experiences successes and times of humiliation until he is finally forced by defeat to return home. Before he dies, he recognizes his actions for  what they were and condemns his chivalrous acts and his romantic readings (Todorov 34). Despite his adventures which were based on his unreal perception of the world Don Quixote became  know for his ironies against the society as it existed at that time. During his acts of chivalry he was known as a man of goodness and purity, virtues not