ENGLISH EXAM SG PT 1 (DQ)

All of the following are aspects of courtly love EXCEPT what?

a. The man completely adores and idolizes his beloved

b. the man is to obtain the permission of the woman’s father and husband before declaring her his courtly love

c.the woman is to be encouraging while disdainful

d.the woman may be married to another man

the man is to obtain the permission of the woman’s father and husband before declaring her his courtly love

After Don Quixote frees the prisoners who were being transported to the galley, how do they respond?

They stone him and Sancho and take their stuff

What does the name Rocinante mean, and why is it ironically appropiate?

“Was once a nag” he is still a broken down horse now, but DQ thinks the name sounds regal

What is the etymology of the word chilvary?

From the French Word for horse

What is the effect of DQ’s vaunted healing potion?

it makes him and Sancho terribly sick-vomiting,diarrhea

What is DQ’s goal in the first inn/castle that he visits?

To be formally knighted

What is the definition of a romance in terms of literature

the story of a knight on a quest

What happens during his moonlit vigil over his armor at the inn?

He gets into a fight with some mule-drivers who disrespect his armor

What is the formal name the DQ takes upon himself?

The knight of the sorrowful face

Who gives DQ a formal name and why?

Sancho because he is a sorry looking sight after getting beat up and losing so many teeth

What long-sought legandary piece of armor does DQ find at last?

The Golden helmet of Mambrino

What does Don Quixote require of all those whom he defeats and requests of those he rescues?

To present themselves to Dulcinea and say what DQ has done to them/for them in her name

Amadis of Gaul

• a knight from a popular medieval romance book

• DQ’s role model-inspires him to become a knight errant

• represents the idealized chilvarly quixote tries to imitate

Cardenio

• a young nobleman driven to madness by heartbreak

• his tragic love story parallels to DQ’s delusional quests

• represents how love and honor can drive someone to irrational behavior

Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes)

• real life author who inserts himself into parts of the novel

• plays with the idea of story telling authorship and what is true

Cide Hamete Benengeli

-the fictional “historian” Cervantes cliams wrote the true story of DQ

-Used as a meta-narrator,making the book feel like a historical record

-adds humor and questions what is real vs imagination

Don Quixote

-middle aged man who believes he is a knight

-obsessed with chilvaric romances-confused fantasy with reality

-represents idealism,imagination, and the blurry line between reality and dreams

DQ’s housekeeper

-lives with him and tries to keep him sane

-burns his chilvary books to stop his fantasies

-symbolizes society trying to pull quixote back to reality

DQ’s local barber (master nicholas)

-friend o Quixote

-helps the priest try to cure DQ’s madness

-practical/logical thinker-contrasts to DQ’s imagination

DQ’s local priest

-concerned for DQ’s sanity and repuation

tries to destroy the books causing quixotes delusions

DQ’s niece

-lives with Quixote and cares for him

-worried about his obsesion with knighthood

-represents family responsibility and concern

Dulcinea del Toboso

-the woman Quixote chooses as the lady he serves

-she never appears directly-she exists in his imagination

-symbolizes idealized love and fantasy

Grisotomo

-a sheperd who dies after being rejected by Marcela

-his story raises qustions about love,blame, and free will

An innkeeper

-runes the inn DQ believes is a castle

-playfully “knights” DQ just to humor him

-represents everyday people who witness Quixoes madness firsthand

Marcela

-a beatiful sheperdess who rejects all romantic advances

-independent and defends her right not to love someone bCK

-contrasts dulcinea (idealized) with realism and free will

Rocinante

-DQ’s old/weak horse

-DQ sees him as noble and mighty

-symbolizes the humorous gap between reality and fantasy

Sancho Panza

-DQ’s loyal squire

-comic opposite of DQ-reason vs idealism

-goes along with DQ’s adventures even though he knows that they are foolish