his desire (Church, 64). Don saw in the mirror what the wanted to see based on the romances he loved. He mistook inns for enchanted castles, windmills for giants, and prostitutesfor respectable women. Because of his fantasies, Don was ridiculed and beaten. People laughed at him. He got into trouble when he showed a group of men he hadmet the picture of his fair lady Dulcinea of Toboso. They called Dulcinea ugly. Donbecame so angry that he fell from his horse. He could not get up because of the weight of his armor. What is sad about this is that Dulcinea, his lady love, did notwant Don. She believed that he was insane. Sancho also thought that Don was not in control of himself. At times Sancho would try to help Don, but Don would not listen.Sancho stayed with Don because he wanted to govern his own island one day. Yousee, Sancho had a dream, too.While Don and Sancho were in Barcelona, a man came to Barcelona who wascalled a Knight of the White Moon, he was really a student they had met. “The white moon is a symbol of winter and death in contrast to a yellow harvest moon; the moon also symbolizes lunacy to which Don Quixote has fallen prey and which will at last defeat him” (Grossvogel, 295). The student was a part of the plan to get Don to go home. The student was claiming to be a knight, and he wanted to fight Don Quixote. He and Don had already fought once and Don Quixote beat him. He challenged Don to a second duel and claimed victory over Don Quixote. The 5knight did not want to kill Don Quixote, instead, he made a bargain with DonQuixote (Van Doren, 253). The bargain was that Don Quixote was sentenced to go home. The bargain included that Don would ...
