D Q update

In regards to Chapter XXX -Which recounts the Good Judgment of the Beautiful Dorotea along with other highly diverting and amusing matters.

This chapter for whatever reason prompted me to write a response. i think what has got my attention through out the reading of Don Quixote is that there is always room for insanity. now while this may seem to be stating the obvious in regards to a novel that is about a man whom thinks himself a knight errant, i think i can explain my self more clearly. In this chapter DQ turns down the offer Dorotea makes which is marring Don Quixote, but he declines for he is still hopelessly(emphasis on hopelessly) in love with his lady Dulcinea. Then Sancho opens up his big mouth and tells DQ that Dorotea is not only a better catch, but she is asking for marriage now, and that DQ should marry her. Then DQ becomes so angered that he beats Sancho with his lance so badly that ,"if Dorotea had not called him to stop, he no doubt would have killed him then and there" (255). Not that these kind of shenanigans have been absent through out this novel, but i guess this part in particular got me thinking that there is something so interesting about the imagination, that it would result in some sort of action in real life. Even though Don Quixote will never be with Dulcinea and absolutely has no real concept of who she is, he would beat his friend to a pulp in her honor. i guess I'm just taken with the idea that even though it is only in his imagination, Don Quixote is willing to sacrifice the things that are real in order to defend what is good. What Dulcinea stands for is virtue, kindness, and goodness so i guess what i see in DQ his his ability to defend the things that are real and worth fighting for, even if they are exemplified in people or things that don't exist.