Don Quixote Ch. 119: Shepherd Quixotize, Arcadia, and the

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Shepherd Quixotize, Arcadia, and the Proverb War

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Summary

Under a tree after his fall, thoughts crowd Don Quixote like flies on honey about Dulcinea's disenchantment and enforced retirement while Sancho praises Tosilos; Quixote still calls the lacquey enchanted and asks after Altisidora, insisting a knight may resist love but not gratitude because her kerchiefs, tears, and public curses prove adoration, and he again urges Sancho to whip himself for Dulcinea. Sancho refuses the logic, saying if your head aches rub ointment on your knees and that no knight-errant history disenchants anyone by whipping.

At the meadow where the bulls trampled them, Quixote proposes they turn shepherds for his year of exile, buying ewes and roaming as the shepherd Quixotize and the shepherd Panzino singing and lamenting in Arcadian imitation; Sancho names Teresa Teresona, warns about Sanchica among shepherds, and Quixote plans Samsonino, Niculoso, and Curiambro while lecturing on albogues and listing Morisco words in Spanish that begin with al. Their proverb war follows: Sancho warns come for wool and go back shorn, Quixote calls it preaching in the desert, Sancho retorts with the frying-pan and the kettle, and Quixote answers that his proverbs fit like a ring to the finger while Sancho's drag in by the head and shoulders because a proverb not to the purpose is nonsense not a maxim. They turn off the road, sup poorly against Sancho's will, and pass the night with Sancho sleeping soundly while his master wakes.

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Why This Matters

Reading When Defeat Becomes Pastoral Fantasy

Defeat breeds pastoral dreaming as Quixote plans shepherd Quixotize and Panzino while Sancho answers with Teresona, Sanchica, and a storm of proverbs. Their proverb war follows: Sancho warns come for wool and go back shorn, Quixote calls it preaching in the desert, Sancho retorts with the frying-pan and the kettle, and Quixote answers that his proverbs fit like a ring to the finger while Sancho's drag in by the head and shoulders because a proverb not to the purpose is nonsense not a maxim; they turn off the road, sup poorly against Sancho's will, and pass the night with Sancho sleeping soundly while his master wakes.

That enforced rest can turn into Arcadian dreaming before harder adventures return.

Coming Up in Chapter 120

The night was somewhat dark, for though there was a moon in the sky it was not in a quarter where she could be seen; for sometimes the lady Diana goes on a stroll to the antipodes, and leaves....

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Chapter 119

Shepherd Quixotize, Arcadia, and the Proverb War

CHAPTER LXVII. OF THE RESOLUTION DON QUIXOTE FORMED TO TURN SHEPHERD AND TAKE TO A LIFE IN THE FIELDS WHILE THE YEAR FOR WHICH HE HAD GIVEN HIS WORD WAS RUNNING ITS COURSE; WITH OTHER EVENTS TRULY DELECTABLE AND HAPPY If a multitude of reflections used to harass Don Quixote before he had been overthrown, a great many more harassed him since his fall. He was under the shade of a tree, as has been said, and there, like flies on honey, thoughts came crowding upon him and stinging him. Some of them turned upon the disenchantment of Dulcinea, others…

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Critical Thinking Exercise

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Name the When Shepherd Quixotize Plans Arcadia and Sancho Battles Proverbs Move

Re-read the chapter summary and write down where when shepherd quixotize plans arcadia and sancho battles proverbs first appears, who pays for it, and who benefits from keeping it going. Then write one sentence you could say to interrupt the pattern without shaming the person caught in it.

Consider:

•Separate the person's worth from the pattern's cost
•Notice who has power to stop or fuel the scene
•Ask what truth would require someone to give up

Journaling Prompt

Write about a time when you saw when shepherd quixotize plans arcadia and sancho battles proverbs in your own life. What finally made the pattern impossible to ignore?

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