PLACE: La Mancha, Spain. The luminosity of the rocky wilderness of the Sierra Morena in La Mancha serves to separate the various scenes that take place there- Don Quixote’s penance, Cardenio’s meeting with the curate and barber, Dorothea’s story- and it provides, as well as safe refuge from the police force. The scorched July morning shows what a madman it takes to begin knight-errantry when it is so hot; the dusty road serves to block the two flocks of sheep which the hero thinks are armies; and a verdant meadow; the scene of Rosinate’s skip with the mares, provides the adventure of the Yanguesian carriers.

Dorothea is the daughter of a farmer who is seduced by the son of a duke (not the same duke that hosts Don Quixote in the second part of t

Dorothea is the daughter of a farmer who is seduced by the son of a duke (not the same duke that hosts Don Quixote in the second part of the text). In a familiar theme, the duke's son, Ferdinand, refuses to marry her even though he has promised to. In order to avoid bringing more shame upon her family, Dorothea escaped to the mountains of the Sierra Morena. There she meets up with the priest and the barber, who tell her of their plans for convincing Don Quixote to return home. Dorothea agrees to help them by pretending that she is Princess Micomicona of the kingdom of Micomicon, which at present is ruled by an evil giant. She asks Don Quixote to slay the giant so that she may regain her kingdom. The search for the supposed giant will lead the party back to Don Quixote's village. On the way there, they stop at an inn for the night, where Dorothea is happily reunited with Ferdinand, who agrees to honor his promise of marriage to her.

The Housekeeper and the Niece Antonia

He is Don Quixote's squire and companion throughout most of Don Quixote's expeditions. Sancho Panza is a short and stout peasant from the same village as Don Quixote, married with two children. He misses his family but would rather be apart from them than miss this opportunity for adventure and riches. Labeled by some as the most humorous character in all of fiction, Sancho Panza is a comic foil to Don Quixote's grave convictions. Sancho loves to talk, and to eat and drink so much that he is always scheming or sneaking off to do one or the other. He often resents the discomforts of their journeys and the difficult situations in which Don Quixote involves him. Although he believes that Don Quixote is truly mad, he continues in the adventures because Don Quixote has promised him that he will one day win Sancho an isle to govern, or at least promote him to the status of nobility. Eventually, a great affection and loyalty develops between Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, who, along with other characters, continually marvels at his squire's ability to be so shrewd despite, or because of, the simplicity of his peasant mentality. He believes nothing for the Spanish peasant is skeptical of all but his own experience, yet, by virtue of his unlettered ignorance, is infinitely credulous.

Priests, farmer’s, barber’s, Knight’s, Duke and Duchess

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