Don Quixote Character Analysis

Quixote, meanwhile, can be interpreted as a character that had completely been driven to madness and deception. However, his deception is different from Sancho’s in the sense that Quixote has been deceiving himself all along, whereas Sancho deceived someone else. Quixote manages to convince himself that he is a knight and a strong, powerful and formidable noble, which is considered a significant aspect of self-deception. There were in fact times that Quixote could be considered deceiving the reader. For example, the underlying questioning of whether or not Quixote is genuinely mad or a crazy person or whether he chooses to act this way in particular situations. There were many instances throughout the story in which he acted inappropriately and justifiably as madman, however there are other times in which he did appear to be intelligent and appropriately assertive in certain matters. …show more content…
The question of how insane Don Quixote is, is completely open to interpretation and overall a very good character anomaly that was developed by Cervantes. Don Quixote as a character is essentially a walking contradiction; there are multiple times where Sancho is so impressed by Quixote’s scholarly abilities that he is surprised that Quixote can be so mad yet so educated in academic