`Don Quixote`, Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

1 . Don Quixote is a tragicomic hero from Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra 's famous novel . He dreams of becoming a real knight but his contemporary society is not fond of chivalric values and virtues . He chooses his own way in this life and his world vision differs from other people . He is brave , idealistic , honest and proud he wants to save this world . At first other people think that he 's mad , because he imagines he is a medieval knight and so with prodigious satisfaction he

rode up to the inn and to the ladies , who , seeing a man of this sort approaching in full armour and with lance and buckler , were turning in dismay into the inn , when Don Quixote , guessing their fear by their flight , raising his pasteboard visor , disclosed his dry dusty visage , and with courteous bearing (Cervantes 4 . Other people do no understand Don Quixote and this is his tragedy

Another example of a real hero is Oedipus . He is admired by people and people believe in him as in God although he is not and they pray him to save the city from the plague . Oedipus does not believe the oracle 's prediction that he will kill his father and marry his own mother . He leaves his native town and does not communicate with his relatives . He becomes the king , people love him and everything is good but all in all there is no escaping from the fate - everything happens as the oracle has predicted . When the true begins to reveal , Oedipus is not afraid , he wants to know the truth at all costs . It takes him a real courage to know the truth because he can predict what kind of truth it can be but he is ready to accept the hurt and answer for the consequences . That is why Oedipus is a tragic hero , his life is so mysterious and unusual that the readers are fond of it , they wait what the main hero will do next and he always takes the right decision and that is why readers respect him

Don Quixote is also a tragic hero at a point because he is alien in his society , nobody understands him , he is a lonely knight in this cruel to him world . He wants to look sublime , honorable and brave but people just laugh and make jokes at him . A bright example is a scene near the mill This knight in his armor who speaks in inflated style is ridiculous The incomprehensible language and the unpromising looks of our cavalier only increased the ladies ' laughter , and that increased his irritation , and matters might have gone farther if at that moment the landlord had not come out , who , being a very fat man , was a very peaceful one (Cervantes 5 . Getting into comic situations all the time , he presents a tragicomic hero , who attracts readers ' attention by his behavior and world vision

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