And irony. The Knight is the less competent one. And despite his cynicism Sancho is practical and effective. There is the scene in which Don Quixote is very "presumido" arrogantly proud to be in possession of the helmet of Mambrino, a very famous and valiant, knight. Sancho finally says but, your honor, don't you see it is a simple barber's basin? Don Quixote says, impatiently, but, Sancho, of course it looks like a barber's basin because then envious people won't realize what it is and won't try to steal it. Or words to that effect.
Frank On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 3:30 PM Jon Zingale <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, > > you write: > my young (30something) Spanish (Basque) colleague from Wales speaks of the > DQ tale as if Sancho Panza is the true hero/protaganist, which was what I > suspected in my own first reading. > > It is great that you mention this. I have pretty much felt the same > way about Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. In some ways, I feel that > *Don Quixote* was the spiritual predecessor of Voltaire's *Candide*. > In both cases, I feel a strong sense of contempt emanating from the > authors and focused upon the titular characters. In the case of Cervantes, > he is quite a bit more clever. Situating Sancho Panza as the protagonist, > Cervantes himself does not seem to have much patience for *idealistas*, > gives us a protagonist in a submissive power role. He watches after the > Don and is charged with an impossibly compassionate task. The whole > affair has a wit, sarcasm, and dare I say humor. > > Jon > > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . > ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918
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