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    Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote

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    In five pages this research paper argues that the protagonist is insane and performs delusional acts throughout the novel that do not support his expressed morals. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    of chivalry are long past, however, this gentleman is obsessed with the romance of knights in shining armor, rescuing maidens and defending the helpless, and reads books on this  topic to such an extent that it drives him insane. While Don Quixote, at times, seems quite lucid and his intentions are certainly honorable, as he wants only to bring  back order to a tumultuous world, Quixote is undoubtedly quite insane because his actions frequently do more harm than good. His goal is to destroy the wicked and defend the  helpless. However, frequently, Don Quixote attacks the innocent and injures ordinary travelers. A good-hearted man, Quixote would not undoubtedly not hurt the innocent if he were not a total lunatic.  Nevertheless, in attempting to uphold the chivalric code, Quixote intervenes in a squabble, which causes a young rustic man to be flogged "so severely that he had like to  have died on the spot" (Amis 104). Next, the Don launches an unprovoked (save for his delusions) attack on a merchant, but ends up getting flogged himself (Amis 104). His  most famous encounter is when he takes a group of windmills to be giants. He tells Sancho that they will do battle with the giants and with "Gods good  service...sweep so evil a breed from off the face of the earth" (Cervantes). One of his next foes is a flock of sheep. Don Quixote images that a flock of  sheep is an advancing army. Therefore, he bravely wades into the "battle," and, in so doing, chops up "about seven" little lambs before the shepherds can stop him with a  hail of stones (Amis 104). Quixote winds up with two cracked ribs and a considerable loss of teeth (Amis 104). Continuing on, Quixote assaults some defenseless mourners, robs a barber, 

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