Living the Life Quixotic

Although most people vaguely recall the story of Don Quixote, very few have ever read it. For the betterment of humanity in general, I am going to post several paragraphs of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes each day along with my quixotic interpretations of the text. It is my own attempt at tilting with windmills. Because who knows, they may be giants.

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Monday, March 13, 2006

Don Quixote by Miquel de Cervantes, Chapter V, Paragraphs 16-end

"See there! plague on it!" cried the housekeeper at this: "did not my heart tell the truth as to which foot my master went lame of? To bed with your worship at once, and we will contrive to cure you here without fetching that Hurgada. A curse I say once more, and a hundred times more, on those books of chivalry that have brought your worship to such a pass."
TIM-ELVIS' OBSERVATIONS ON PARAGRAPH 16:
The housekeeper is pissed off and essentially says, "I told you so." She demands that the Don be put to bed immediately and curses the books he read that have brought Don Quixote to this. She also says something about not fetching Hurgada which, I believe is reference to an old Iron Butterfly song, "Hurgada Da Vita, Baby." A bit confusing, I know.
They carried him to bed at once, and after searching for his wounds could find none, but he said they were all bruises from having had a severe fall with his horse Rocinante when in combat with ten giants, the biggest and the boldest to be found on earth.
TIM-ELVIS' OBSERVATIONS ON PARAGRAPH 17:
They carry Don Quixote to his bed and look for wounds but just find bruises he claims are from falling with his horse during a battle with ten badass giants.
"So, so!" said the curate, "are there giants in the dance? By the sign of the Cross I will burn them to-morrow before the day over."
TIM-ELVIS' OBSERVATIONS ON PARAGRAPH 18:
The priest offers to burn the giants the next day, presumebly with Don Quixote's books.
They put a host of questions to Don Quixote, but his only answer to all was- give him something to eat, and leave him to sleep, for that was what he needed most. They did so, and the curate questioned the peasant at great length as to how he had found Don Quixote. He told him, and the nonsense he had talked when found and on the way home, all which made the licentiate the more eager to do what he did the next day, which was to summon his friend the barber, Master Nicholas, and go with him to Don Quixote's house.
TIM-ELVIS' OBSERVATIONS ON PARAGRAPH 19:
They ask Don Quixote a bunch of questions, but the only thing he would say is give him some food and let him sleep. They left his room and the priest started in questioning the poor peasant about how he had found Don Quixote. He told him about finding the Don on the ground and all of the trash he was talking. This aggitated the priest even more and the next day he returned to the Don's house with the barber/doctor. Do I sense some leeches and bloodletting to release the Don from demons?

Tomorrow we move on to Chapter VI and find out.

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shandi said...

rather than leeches and bloodletting I think a good antipsychotic drug is in order.

6:59 PM  

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