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    Is Don Quixote Insane

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    it is quite obvious that he is quite old at this time and perhaps felt the need for adventure once again and perhaps this was his midlife crisis. So from reading all of these tomes, he dubs himself a knight and takes on the name, Don Quixote de la Mancha. He then decides that as this magnificent knight, he must go on a quest and find he long lost love and perform these courageous feats. However, he knows before he is able to go on this adventures he must be formally knighted. Don Quixote…

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    Hamlet's Madness Analysis

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    Distraught by the death of his father and the sudden remarriage of his mother-to his uncle-, Hamlet resorts to a state of frenzy and exaggerated insanity. His demeanor is motivated by his father’s words spoken through a ghostly apparition. After learning that his uncle murdered his father in cold blood to usurp the throne, young Hamlet assumes a state of insanity in order to justify avenging his father’s death. Hamlet’s madness can be characterized through five main causes: grief from his…

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    What happens in the story? Summarize the plot (the gist of the happenings). In the story, the main character, at first known only as Quexana, whose mind is addled from spending all of his time reading fantasy stories, becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming a knight and going on chivalrous adventures. He gathers up his great grandfather’s old armor, renames Himself Don Quixote and his horse Rocinante, and sets out on his quest. He comes upon an inn, which he sees as a castle, where he…

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