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Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
In short, his wits being quite gone, he hit upon the strangest notion that ever madman in this world hit upon, and that was that he fancied it was right and requisite, as well for the support of his own honour as for the service of his country, that he should make a knight-errant of himself, roaming the world over in full armour and on horseback in quest of adventures, and putting in practice himself all that he had read of as being the usual practices of knights-errant; righting every kind of wrong, and exposing himself to peril and danger from which, in the issue, he was to reap eternal renown and fame. Already the poor man saw himself crowned by the might of his arm Emperor of Trebizond at least; and so, led away by the intense enjoyment he found in these pleasant fancies, he set himself forthwith to put his scheme into execution.
from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
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Use the passage to answer the question.
How is Don Quixote presented in the passage as differing from the knight archetype?
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Responses
He commits himself to a moral and ethical code.
He commits himself to a moral and ethical code.
He is described as a madman without his wits.
He is described as a madman without his wits.
He would roam the world in quest of adventures.
He would roam the world in quest of adventures.
He is interested in achieving fame through his daring acts.
He is interested in achieving fame through his daring acts.
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In the passage, Don Quixote is primarily presented as:
He is described as a madman without his wits.
This response highlights the distinction between Don Quixote's behavior and the traditional knight archetype. While knights are typically depicted as noble, rational, and honorable, Don Quixote is portrayed as having lost his sanity, which drives him to pursue his misguided ideals of chivalry and adventure.
