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We all love a character subject and putting that with a story of "knight" of old and tales bold or where our subject is concerned slightly exaggerated tales of bold!!!!
This is the subject of the latest bust from Nuts Planet
The story of Don Quixote or Alonso Quijano, a thin, less-than-affluent man of 50 , he lives modestly in a village in La Mancha with his niece and housemaid.
Obsessed with books of chivalry he sells off his farmland to buy more books finally "from little sleep and too much reading", his brain "dries up" and he goes crazy!!!
.He decides to "turn knight-errant and travel through the world with horse and armour in search of adventures" with the purpose of "redressing all manner of wrongs".
Outfitting himself in rusty armour and a helmet, (some say it was a barbers bowl) he mounts his old nag and sets out in search of adventures, dubbing himself "Don Quixote de La Mancha" and his horse - "Rosinante".
Finally, as his emergence to knight-errant, he chooses a local farm girl, whom he renames Dulcinea del Toboso, as the fair lady to whose service he is sworn. The landlord of an inn, believing Quijano to be the lord of a castle, consents to knight him .
Three days into his adventure, Don Quixote is badly beaten by the servant of a group of travelling merchants who refuse to acknowledge Dulcinea's great beauty. A neighbour rescues the adventurer and carries him home on the back of a donkey. While he is recovering from his injuries, Quixote's housekeeper, priest, and barber burn his beloved book collection in a failed attempt to stop his quest.
More determined than ever, Don Quixote persuades Sancho Panza, a plump local labourer, to be his squire. He is certain that a knight of his stature will take many war spoils and promises Sancho Panza his own island to govern at the end of the expedition.
Don Quixote, astride Rocinante, and Sancho Panza, riding Dapple, his donkey, set off on the next expedition in secret in the dark of the knight.
The pair's adventures include a battle with windmills Quixote mistakes for giants, an unexpected visit to Quixote's bed by a maid in an inn Quixote mistakes for a castle, being evicted from the inn when Quixote refuses to pay.
Along the way, Sancho christens Don Quixote "the Knight of the Sad Countenance".
Despite the apparent madness he is a mild-mannered, empathetic man, genuine in his commitment to chivalric ideals. Sancho Panza, despite having his own agenda, comes to believe in and show loyalty to his master.
The knight returns home humiliated and locked in a cage on an ox-cart, prisoner of his village priest and barber who are determined to end his quest for his own safety
Thus ends Book 1
In the 2nd book we have the priest and barber replaced by a university graduate called Carrasco' who vows to look after the man from La Mancha
Determined to pay his respects to Dulcinea, both him and his servant set off but when they encounter three peasant girls, Sancho tries with some deception to pass off one of them as Dulcinea. Don Quixote, always certain that enchanters are working their mischief against him, is convinced that evil enchanters have made Dulcinea look like an ugly peasant girl.
Don Quixote unexpectedly wins a battle with The Knight of the Mirrors, who turns out to be none other than Carrasco in disguise whose plan to get the Don back home to safety by beating him in a duel (while disguised as a rival knight-errant) fails when Don Quixote wins the battle.
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza then meet The Knight in the Green Topcoat and play parts in the pastoral tale, "Camacho's Wedding." The adventure of Don Quixote's descent into the Cave of Montesinos follows, after which, in a trance, the Don describes the marvellous things he experienced in the Cave. Later, Sancho and Don Quixote attend Master Peter's puppet show. Our knight-errant gets carried away by the spectacle of the puppet Moorish knights doing battle with puppet Christians and attacks them with his sword.
Later, Don Quixote accepts an invitation to the unnamed Duke and Duchess's palace. The Duke and Duchess poke fun at Don Quixote by organising a series of burlesque pageants and arranging for Sancho to govern the Island of Barataria. Although the squire's talent for leadership surprises everyone, he renounces the life of a feudal governor and the elaborate prank played by the Duke and Duchess in a courageous act of loyalty to Don Quixote.
In Barcelona, The Knight of the White Moon challenges Don Quixote to a battle in the presence of a distinguished company. Don Quixote is quickly defeated by the Knight, who turns out to be none other than Samson Carrasco. As a condition of his defeat, Don Quixote is forced to abandon knight-errantry for the rest of his life
When they arrive in the village, the now quite ill Don Quixote is put to bed. After sleeping a long while, he wakes and declares his name to be Alonso Quijano once more. Appearing to have regained his reason, he denounces chivalry and knighthood and dies among friends
The books have been translated into many languages and gives us much enjoyment as a film , a opera and even a ballet, but all telling the story of the often confused but lovable rogue knight of La Mancha.
Continued in next post
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We all love a character subject and putting that with a story of "knight" of old and tales bold or where our subject is concerned slightly exaggerated tales of bold!!!!
This is the subject of the latest bust from Nuts Planet
Deep in Spanish literature is the book about the man from La Mancha written on Jan 16th 1605 by the author Miguel de Cervantes over 2 books covering 1000 pages
The story of Don Quixote or Alonso Quijano, a thin, less-than-affluent man of 50 , he lives modestly in a village in La Mancha with his niece and housemaid.
Obsessed with books of chivalry he sells off his farmland to buy more books finally "from little sleep and too much reading", his brain "dries up" and he goes crazy!!!
.He decides to "turn knight-errant and travel through the world with horse and armour in search of adventures" with the purpose of "redressing all manner of wrongs".
Outfitting himself in rusty armour and a helmet, (some say it was a barbers bowl) he mounts his old nag and sets out in search of adventures, dubbing himself "Don Quixote de La Mancha" and his horse - "Rosinante".
Finally, as his emergence to knight-errant, he chooses a local farm girl, whom he renames Dulcinea del Toboso, as the fair lady to whose service he is sworn. The landlord of an inn, believing Quijano to be the lord of a castle, consents to knight him .
Three days into his adventure, Don Quixote is badly beaten by the servant of a group of travelling merchants who refuse to acknowledge Dulcinea's great beauty. A neighbour rescues the adventurer and carries him home on the back of a donkey. While he is recovering from his injuries, Quixote's housekeeper, priest, and barber burn his beloved book collection in a failed attempt to stop his quest.
More determined than ever, Don Quixote persuades Sancho Panza, a plump local labourer, to be his squire. He is certain that a knight of his stature will take many war spoils and promises Sancho Panza his own island to govern at the end of the expedition.
Don Quixote, astride Rocinante, and Sancho Panza, riding Dapple, his donkey, set off on the next expedition in secret in the dark of the knight.
The pair's adventures include a battle with windmills Quixote mistakes for giants, an unexpected visit to Quixote's bed by a maid in an inn Quixote mistakes for a castle, being evicted from the inn when Quixote refuses to pay.
Along the way, Sancho christens Don Quixote "the Knight of the Sad Countenance".
The knight returns home humiliated and locked in a cage on an ox-cart, prisoner of his village priest and barber who are determined to end his quest for his own safety
Thus ends Book 1
In the 2nd book we have the priest and barber replaced by a university graduate called Carrasco' who vows to look after the man from La Mancha
Determined to pay his respects to Dulcinea, both him and his servant set off but when they encounter three peasant girls, Sancho tries with some deception to pass off one of them as Dulcinea. Don Quixote, always certain that enchanters are working their mischief against him, is convinced that evil enchanters have made Dulcinea look like an ugly peasant girl.
Don Quixote unexpectedly wins a battle with The Knight of the Mirrors, who turns out to be none other than Carrasco in disguise whose plan to get the Don back home to safety by beating him in a duel (while disguised as a rival knight-errant) fails when Don Quixote wins the battle.
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza then meet The Knight in the Green Topcoat and play parts in the pastoral tale, "Camacho's Wedding." The adventure of Don Quixote's descent into the Cave of Montesinos follows, after which, in a trance, the Don describes the marvellous things he experienced in the Cave. Later, Sancho and Don Quixote attend Master Peter's puppet show. Our knight-errant gets carried away by the spectacle of the puppet Moorish knights doing battle with puppet Christians and attacks them with his sword.
Later, Don Quixote accepts an invitation to the unnamed Duke and Duchess's palace. The Duke and Duchess poke fun at Don Quixote by organising a series of burlesque pageants and arranging for Sancho to govern the Island of Barataria. Although the squire's talent for leadership surprises everyone, he renounces the life of a feudal governor and the elaborate prank played by the Duke and Duchess in a courageous act of loyalty to Don Quixote.
In Barcelona, The Knight of the White Moon challenges Don Quixote to a battle in the presence of a distinguished company. Don Quixote is quickly defeated by the Knight, who turns out to be none other than Samson Carrasco. As a condition of his defeat, Don Quixote is forced to abandon knight-errantry for the rest of his life
When they arrive in the village, the now quite ill Don Quixote is put to bed. After sleeping a long while, he wakes and declares his name to be Alonso Quijano once more. Appearing to have regained his reason, he denounces chivalry and knighthood and dies among friends
The books have been translated into many languages and gives us much enjoyment as a film , a opera and even a ballet, but all telling the story of the often confused but lovable rogue knight of La Mancha.
Continued in next post
Nap
