In view of Platos theory of poetry, explain how reading epic poetry has proven detrimental for Don Quixote in Cervantes DON QUIXOTE

But of all there were he liked so well as those of the famous Feliciano de Silva 's composition , for their lucidity of style and complicated conceits were as pearls in his sight particularly when in his reading he came upon courtships and cartels where he often found passages like the reason of the unreason with which my reason is afflicted so weakens my reason that with reason I murmur at your beauty ' or again , the high heavens , that of your divinity divinely fortify you with the starts , render you deserving of

the desert your greatness deserves (40-41

Indeed , the fantastic nature of epic poems renders these effective escapes from the harsh realities of everyday existence . In epic poems the biggest problems are easily solved with prayer , modesty and sheer bravado . Furthermore , the heroes in many epic poems are nobles - wealthy individuals who never worked a day in their lives . Thus , Alonso refused to work . The epic poems that he read instilled in him sloth and fatalism . Instead of working hard to improve his lot , Alonso to read epic poems and rely on fate to change his life

Immediately after turning himself into a knight-errant , Alonso set off in search of adventures as Don Quixote . After an entire day of traveling , he spent the night at an inn , which he regarded as a castle He also requested the innkeeper , whom he thought to be the lord of the castle ' to bestow knighthood on him . The innkeeper , out of charity and his own boyhood dreams of becoming a knight , went along with Don Quixote 's caprices (8

But the innkeeper regretted his decisions right away , as Don Quixote 's delusions of grandeur caused trouble in his inn (Don Quixote ) sometimes paced up and down , or sometimes , leaning on his lance , gazed...