Don Quixote

Don Quixote and “The Spoil of Antwerp” “The Spoil of Antwerp” (1575) by George Gascoigne (1535–1577) and Don Quixote (1605) by Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) are two pieces of literature from late the 16th century to early 17th century, respectively; that can that have several parallel elements that helped each of them achieve a different purpose for the time and place that they were published. Just like in all literature, the lives of the authors significantly impacted the writings as a…

Both Don Quixote and Madame Bovary demonstrate how two characters’ lives are ruined by literature. Don Quixote has trouble distinguishing his reality from the chivalrous characters found in his fictional books. (Should there be a transition here?) From a young age, Madame Bovary had high expectations for her love life, buoyed by her idealistic novels, which ruined her relationships as an adult. Don Quixote and Emma Bovary both develop delusional views of the world through their readings of…

think through the work. The authors Sophocles and Miguel de Cervantes both display irony in a great way. In Sophocles book, “Oedipus the King”, he uses dramatic irony to have more of a tragic effect on the stories. In Miguel de Cervantes book, “Don Quixote”, he uses verbal irony to have a comedic effect on the rest of the story. While both Sophocles and Miguel de Cervantes employ irony within their works, the authors use irony to achieve different ends.…

purpose, and the potential to right a wrong, or save a damsel in distress. For instance, take Perceval’s journey, he didn’t have to do much; just ask simple questions. Any small thing that one does may have great importance. The same can be said, for Don Quixote’s expedition, which was mainly in his head. Be that as it may, the point is that his quest was a noble one; it just didn’t have any legitimacy. They both rose to a challenge that they could…

The Divine Comedy is a long form poem that tells the story of Dante’s a journey through Hell, purgatory and Heaven. Its structure is significantly different from anything that had been written before it, like the Iliad or the Odyssey. Dante’s cosmology is highly ordered, it is divided into 9 main circles that correspond with the punishments for each sinner who is in that particular level. As Dante descends through hell, he comes upon sinners whose sins become increasingly hateful, spiteful,…

Monte Carlo is a Ballet group founded in 1974. They are a group of only male dancers with the purpose of performing a playful and entertaining view of traditional classic Ballets like Le Lac Des Cygnes (Swan Lake), “Pas De Six” From Esmeralda, and Don Quixote, presented on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at the Mondavi Center. The Company consists of 34 members including :Tory Dobrin is the Artistic Director, Isabel Martinez Rivera as Associate director, Liz Harler as General Manager, Ryan Hanson…

Wow. The video, "The BBs of Wealth" sends the message of wealth inequality with the auditory symbol of BBs falling into a can. The wealthiest 1% of the population has an average of over 10 million dollars in net worth, the bottom half of the population, around 50 million households, have an average of 5 thousand dollars. That's $10,000,000 (1%) compared to $5,000 (50%). This video relates to the entire textbook. Inequalities caused by socio-economic status are the reason that social…

Distraught by the death of his father and the sudden remarriage of his mother-to his uncle-, Hamlet resorts to a state of frenzy and exaggerated insanity. His demeanor is motivated by his father’s words spoken through a ghostly apparition. After learning that his uncle murdered his father in cold blood to usurp the throne, young Hamlet assumes a state of insanity in order to justify avenging his father’s death. Hamlet’s madness can be characterized through five main causes: grief from his…

In a time, with discourse or spoken comments or debate between countries and cultures, it appears so that no culture has an influence remembered today, or to even begin with, didn’t have an influence. Nevertheless, Despacito, a song composed and sung by two Puerto Rican artists, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, has been an international hit for several months, with over four billion views on YouTube, being the most watched song. The setting, being in Puerto Rico and having “the Latino feeling and…

Gods. Too much pride and certainty in oneself can lead to unrealistic expectations that harm oneself and those around that person. Those who try to touch the Sun get burned. Icarus suffered from his certainty. In addition, Don Quixote, from the famous Cervantes novel Don Quixote de La Mancha, not only made himself suffer but others too despite his certainty that he was being chivalrous. He rode in to save a bunch of prisoners from being unjustifiably incarcerated. He was certain they were…