Humanism/Civic Humanism in Don Quixote

Church in his novel (Sullivan 44 . The inertia and the paralysis that was observed in this cave was perceived as metaphor for the state of the Catholic Church during that time . This was a period that froze up Charlemagne because of the joining of the Church and the State

The adventure of the enchanted boat was another symbolism for the Church . The boat went adrift without propellant oars and revealed that society could not be regenerated because of the Church (Sullivan 44 There were numerous indirect and metaphorical implications that literary critics

presented to show the how Cervantes criticized the Church

The criticism of the Church was representative of humanism philosophies that emerged during those time . German Arcinegas and Graciela Mendoza regarded Don Quixote as a left-wing democrat ' and pushed the tendency of the novel to be perceived to be progressive-liberal in nature (Sullivan 44

Renee Sielburth also supported that there was anti-ecclesiastical strain that existed in the novel . The metamorphosis that existed in the Cave episode was seen to be religious in the symbolism of the images and the terms that were used . Sielburth took the interpretation to a deeper level . The Cave was viewed to be under an evil spell because of the manner by which the characters and events were turned into a representation of a barren cult and a captive society , instead of a beautiful old tale (Sullivan 44 . The change that had occur represented the reality by which society had experienced

The critic perceived the beautiful crystal palace and the inhabitants of the palace symbolized the early Christians and the early Christian Church . However , corruption through the ages , the Inquisition , the Counter Reformation cast the evil spell that turned religion to what it had become (Sullivan 44 . The cave presented as a representation of how...