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The Satire of Cervantes and Aristophenes

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history the art was sometimes a matter of challenging the status quo without being obvious for reasons of safety and continued freedom. At this point, many literary artists will  resort to the power of their pens and will portray the dissenting opinion within the context of humor, most particularly satire. Satire is used in both Cervantes Don Quixote  and Aristophenes Lysistrata as a means of focusing on the ineptitude of the current social order. The eighteenth century in Spain was a time of grandeur and pomposity.  There was a general feeling that Spain, and the nobles who were in control, could not be defeated. It was the message of failure that Don Quixote was  meant to convey. Through satire, Cervantes was sending a warning to those in power to beware their own self-assurance and pomposity. The era was known for its rapid  change from a militaristic policy to a time of learning. The satire embedded in the story of the Man from La Mancha was meant to address the change as  well. In the first five chapters of Part One, the protagonist sets out, then returns home, battered. After a few days, he sets out again with  a companion, and returns again after a longer lapse of time. In Part Two, he sets out once more, but his journey takes him much farther before he comes  home in defeat. Three journeys out, three returns, three defeats. The lesson is certainly one of defeat- and gracious defeat at that. Don Quixote was a man  who did not let defeat stand in his way, nor did he allow the opinions of others deter him from his quests. Just in case the powers that be