Don Quixote Foil Essay

In the book Don Quixote there is not many foils but one obvious foil is Don and sancho.

Don quixote and sancho panza are a foil to each other through the way they see things and how they act. Although every pair foil has similarities with these two one joins the other. Don Quixote is different through him using his imagination. One time he used his imagination is when he saw the windmills as giants. Don Quixote is also different that he does thing randomly. One time that he does things randomly is when he decided to attack the windmills that he thought was the giants. One Quote is “thirty or more enormous giants with whom I intend to take, Said Don Quixote.”(Cervantes, pg 58) This quote shows that he is using his imagination by saying the windmills are giants as well as it showing his randomness by attacking the giants or windmills. Don Quixote also is a very wealthy man. This can show to be a cause because the wealthy could

One time he saw reality instead of imagination is when Don decided that he wanted to attack the Giants or windmills. One quote is “What giants? Said poncho ‘those you see over there,’ replied his master ‘with the long arms almost two leagues long,’ ‘look your grace’ said sancho those things that appear aren’t giants but windmills.”(Cervantes, Pg 58) This quote, which is a continuation of the past quote, shows that sancho sees reality like asking where the giants and telling Don that the mills are not actually giants. Sancho is different through acting normal. One example is when he starts off with Don Quixote. Sancho panza is a poor man unlike Don Quixote. Because he is not wealthy he sees things normally and is not crazy to follow his dreams which helps. He also does not start off as crazy person like Don does. He is normal, he sees and does things normally that is why he asks where the giants are. Although forward more in the book things