Introduction to "Don Quixote"

Don Quixote, a thin and declining aristocrat, was obsessed with ancient knight novels and imitated the style of ancient knights. He took his neighbor Sancho Panza as his servant and roamed around in helmet and armor. , hoping to create a performance of supporting the weak and hoeing the strong.

Don Quixote made all kinds of unimaginable actions that were contrary to the times. As a result, he ran into obstacles everywhere and made jokes. In the end, he was defeated by his friend who disguised himself as the Knight of the White Moon. He gave up his knightly travels and fell ill soon after returning home. Before he died, he realized his mistake in superstitious chivalry novels and finally woke up from his dream.

"Don Quixote" is a masterpiece of realism in the Renaissance, written by Cervantes. It mainly describes and satirizes the knightly novels that were very popular in Spanish society at that time, and reveals the tyranny of the church, the darkness of society and the hardship of the people.

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The novel uses the contradiction between Don Quixote's subjective fantasy of trying to restore chivalry to wipe out injustice in the world and the ugly reality of Spanish society as the basis of the plot. It perfectly combines Don Quixote's absurd knight-errant experience with the social reality of Spain in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and shows us a magnificent social picture in an epic way.

Don Quixote is a hero magnified by fantasy. Although his beliefs are inappropriate and his actions are crazy, his motives are noble. "Don Quixote" uses literary form to profoundly and vividly reveal the ubiquitous contradiction between ideals and reality in human society. It has been popular among readers for centuries and has a strong artistic charm.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Don Quixote