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This 4 page paper discusses why most people tink Don Quixote is funny wile many others see it as a tragedy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Optimism and Pessimism in Cervantes Don Quixote Research Compiled for
, Inc. by K. Von Huben 5/2010 Please Introduction Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra seems to have had almost as
tough a life as his creation Don Quixote; certainly his experiences are likely to have left him pessimistic about it. This paper considers both the optimistic and pessimistic traits found
in Don Quixote. Discussion Any writer puts a great deal of himself into his characters, so one place to start looking for an explanation of the Dons attitude is with
Cervantess life. In 1605, Cervantes was 58 years of age, considered old at that time; he had a maimed left hand and other wounds from fighting at Lepanto, and he
head been writing "poems, plays and pastoral romances for a quarter of a century" with only one success: in 1595 he had one first prize-consisting of three silver spoons-in
a poetry contest (Putnam 1). But Cervantes dreamed that some day he would be able to earn a living from his writing (Putnam). Unfortunately, his writing didnt seem to be
drawing rave reviews: in three years time, he wrote "between twenty and thirty unactable plays" (Putnam 2). Putnam suggests that it was the fact that Cervantes needed the money that
led him to write "one of the worlds greatest fictional masterpieces" (Putnam 2). Cervantes had lived a hard life, one filled with misfortune and hardship (Putnam). He was undoubtedly
courageous, but even so, he was taken prisoner and spent some time in a Moorish jail in Tunis (Putnam 2). His military record was good but not good enough to
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