Don Quixote a novel written by Miguel Cervantes is about a man, Don Quixote, who goes on a "noble" quest to make the world a better place. While displaying his knight errantry and having others recognize Lady Dulcinea's beauty, Quixote "conquers, defeats, and brings peace" to the land. Since there has to be other characters than Quixote, one to mention is Sancho Panza. Sancho is Quixote's "faithful squire",as he calls him, he travels alongside Quixote and supports him on this journey because of the promise of an island from Quixote. Although Sancho may not seem very important in the story, he is actually more important than we know. Sancho’s purpose in the story is to be Quixote's foil in this not-so-normal heroin story because he brings back
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Even after all the things Quixote has put Sancho through, releasing criminals only to get beaten, stealing from innocents, and fighting windmills, to name a few Sancho has always been by Quixote's side. They can be related to Shrek and Donkey from the Shrek series, and to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes series. When the protagonist is at a low point it is the foil's job to bring them back and do their job of basically being the best friend and defend them. Like Sancho does in the novel in multiple chapters. One for example would be chapter five “Repose”, Quixote has just finished a battle and had seriously been injured. Sancho, after discovering what happened, helped Quixote back to his feet and offered him food to nurse him back to health. Something that any great foil would do. In conclusion, Sancho’s purpose in Don quixote is as the foil because he brings Quixote back to reality, he perfectly fits the role and is almost the most known foil, and because he is always by Quixote’s side and fully supports him. All of these claims can be proved in the text like I have done. Sancho is extremely important in the story and his job as the foil is exceptionally relevant to Quixote and the reader’s which makes his purpose all the more
Even after all the things Quixote has put Sancho through, releasing criminals only to get beaten, stealing from innocents, and fighting windmills, to name a few Sancho has always been by Quixote's side. They can be related to Shrek and Donkey from the Shrek series, and to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes series. When the protagonist is at a low point it is the foil's job to bring them back and do their job of basically being the best friend and defend them. Like Sancho does in the novel in multiple chapters. One for example would be chapter five “Repose”, Quixote has just finished a battle and had seriously been injured. Sancho, after discovering what happened, helped Quixote back to his feet and offered him food to nurse him back to health. Something that any great foil would do. In conclusion, Sancho’s purpose in Don quixote is as the foil because he brings Quixote back to reality, he perfectly fits the role and is almost the most known foil, and because he is always by Quixote’s side and fully supports him. All of these claims can be proved in the text like I have done. Sancho is extremely important in the story and his job as the foil is exceptionally relevant to Quixote and the reader’s which makes his purpose all the more