Resumen de “Don Quijote”
Capítulo I
1. ¿Quién era don Quijote?
There once was a nobleman, who lived with his
housekeeper and niece, who enjoyed to read
books about knights and chivalry. He read these
books with such enthusiasm that he eventually
began to lose touch with reality. He deemed it
appropriate that he should “become” one of
these knights and that he should set about, with
his horse and armor, to look for adventures and
to right the wrongs of the world.
Capítulo I
2. Los preparativos que hizo para convertirse en caballero andante.
Having made the decision to become a knight, don
Quijote makes the necessary preparations to go out
on his quests for adventure. He cleaned some old
armor that had belonged to his great-grandparents.
He repaired them with cardboard, iron and ribbons.
He then spent 4 days coming up with a suitable name
for his horse. He named him Rocinante. He in turn
spends 8 days coming up with his own name of don
Quijote.
Capítulo I
3. La búsqueda de una dama de quien enamorarse.
DQ adds de la Mancha to his name so that he can be
like the great heroes of the past. It also describes his
lineage and allegiance. He mounts his horse in full
armor to set out on a quest for a lady to love, as all
knights should have. Close to his home, he comes
across a beautiful peasant maiden. Unbeknownst to
her, he has been in love with her for quite some time.
Her name is Aldonza Lorenzo but DQ wants to give
her a more worthy name. After much thought he
decides on Dulcinea del Toboso because he liked the
way it sounded and what it meant.
Capítulo II
1. Don Quijote hizo su primera salida.
Having made all of his preparations without
anyone’s knowledge, DQ sets out for the country
very early one morning on one of the hottest days
in July. It occurs to him that he is unarmed and
according to the law of knights, he would not be
able to fight anyone without the proper weapons.
He travels on his horse all day until dusk. He and his
horse are tired and starving when they come upon
an inn that he thinks is a castle.
Capítulo II
2. Don Quijote se encontró con dos doncellas.
He arrives at the inn as it is getting dark. He comes
upon 2 ugly, common women at the door of the inn. To
DQ, these 2 women were beautiful maidens. The
women were alarmed to see DQ in full armor. He urges
them to not fear him. The women busted out laughing
when they heard DQ refer to them as fair maidens. DQ
informs them that they should not laugh at a knight
who wishes to serve them. The women began to laugh
harder and DQ was becoming angrier. The fat innkeeper
calmly informs him that there are no available beds at
his inn.
Capítulo II
3. Cómo don Quijote habló al ventero.
Don Quijote then recites a poem to the innkeeper
and tells him that his clothing is his armor and his
rest is from fighting. DQ refers to the innkeeper as
being Castilian when in actuality he is from
Andalucía. He tells DQ that he is welcome to
dismount and rest or not rest wherever he can.
Capítulo II
4. Cómo don Quijote cenó en la venta.
Don Quijote dismounts, with difficulty, and tells the
innkeeper to take very good care of his valuable steed.
He would like him to be fed bread. The doncellas
attempt to help DQ take off his armor. They are unable
to take off his helmet. DQ is served a pathetic meal of
codfish and dirty bread. He struggles to eat with his
helmet on and the doncellas and innkeeper help him.
DQ is satisfied with his meal and manner of being fed.
Capítulo III
1. Donde se cuentan las necesidades de un caballero andante.
DQ ended his meal quickly and heads to the stable. He gets
on his knees and he tells the innkeeper that he would like
to guard the arms and then be dubbed a knight so that I
can set out for the 4 parts of the world for adventure on
behalf of the needy. The innkeeper is catching on that DQ
has lost his senses and begins to encourage his
disillusionment. He tells him that the chapel is under
construction but the ceremony can be performed in the
courtyard. The innkeeper asks DQ if he has any money. DQ
tells him that he never read that knights carry money and
innkeeper tells him that it is not written about because it is
so obvious, just like wearing clean shirts, that a knight
should have money. He tells DQ that he needs a squire to
carry the money for him.
Capítulo III
2. Donde don Quijote veló las armas.
Don Quijote promises the innkeeper that he will obtain
a squire, money and clean shirts. DQ sets out in front of
the trough to guard his armor that he has removed.
The guests at the inn deliberately pretend they are
challenging DQ as they go to use the trough to water
their horses and mules. Despite the fact that it’s
nighttime, the moonlight helps everyone to clearly see
DQ’s antics. He fights anyone that tries to get too close
to the armor he has removed and is guarding.
Capítulo III
3. El ventero decidió darle a don Quijote la negra orden
de caballería.
The people DQ has wounded begin to throw rocks at
him. The innkeeper tries to get them to stop on account
of the fact that he has told them that DQ is crazy. He
decides to go ahead and knight DQ before anyone
becomes seriously hurt. The innkeeper apologizes to
DQ on everyone’s behalf and tells him that he would
like to bestow upon him the order of the black knight.
He tells DQ that it is ok that there is no chapel and that
it’s ok to do it in the middle of the country. DQ believes
everything he is being told and is anxious to get the
ceremony under way.
Capítulo III
4. La graciosa manera que tuvo don Quijote de armarse
caballero.
The doncellas and the innkeeper, reading from a
“knighting book”, perform the knighting ceremony on
Don Quijote. DQ knelt before the innkeeper and the
doncellas performed various duties. DQ prayed all the
while. The doncellas had to keep from bursting out
laughing the entire time. At the conclusion, DQ hugs
the innkeeper, thanks him and mounts Rocinante and
heads out. The innkeeper lets him leave without asking
him to pay for his stay.
Capítulo IV
1. De lo que le sucedió a nuestro caballero cuando
salió de la venta.
It was dawn when Don Quijote left the inn, very
pleased he had officially been knighted. Recalling what
the Castilian (innkeeper) had advised, DQ decides to
return to his home to gather all that he needs,
including a squire. Rocinante quickly recognizes where
they are headed and seems to be gliding all the way
home. Shortly after they depart, DQ hears some cries
coming from the forest. He sees a young man, naked
from the waist up, tied to a tree. It seems someone is
whipping him with a belt for no apparent reason.
Capítulo IV
2. Cómo don Quijote defendió al muchacho.
Don Quijote challenges the peasant who is whipping the
young boy. The peasant claims that he has a right to beat
the young man, as he is his servant. The young boy is in
charge of watching over his flock of sheep. It seems that
everyday, there is another sheep that has gone missing.
The young boy claims that the peasant hasn’t paid him his
wages. The peasant claims this is a lie. DQ orders the
peasant to untie the young man and to leave him alone. DQ
takes his leave as the peasant watches his departure. The
peasant beckons for the servant to come to him so that he
can pay him. As he does so, the peasant seizes him, beats
him severely and leaves him for dead.
Capítulo IV
3. El encuentro con los mercaderes.
After about 2 miles of travel, don Quijote discovers a large
crowd of merchants and various servants, who are off to buy
some silk. As soon as DQ sees them, he imagines a potential
adventure, like the ones he has read about. This seems to be
just the cause that he needs to champion. As he approaches
the group, DQ announces that everyone will be detained if
they do not proclaim that the most beautiful maiden in all of
La Mancha is Dulcinea del Toboso. The merchants and their
servants can tell that DQ is crazy. One of the more bold
jokesters tells him that they do not know this lady he speaks
of but that if DQ were to show her to them, they would be
glad to proclaim what he asks.
Capítulo IV
4. De lo que sucedió a don Quijote con los mercaderes.
If I present her (Dulcinea) to you, would you proclaim the
obvious? The important thing is that you declare it without
laying eyes on her in the spirit of chivalry. If not, we are
enemies. I am confident you believe it should be so. All of this
says don Quijote. The merchant implored DQ to at least show
them a portrait. Even if she is ugly, we will proclaim what you
ask. DQ swears the merchants will pay for such blasphemous
words. With that DQ charged the spokesperson. Fortunately,
Rocinante tripped or things would have ended up badly. DQ fell
and was unable to get up under the weight of his armor and
weapons. With that, the merchant beat DQ to a pulp. The
merchants grew tired and left. All alone, DQ tried to get up once
more. He was too beaten to succeed. He blamed his loss on his
horse.
Capítulo V
1. Cómo un labrador salvó a nuestro hidalgo.
A laborer finds Don Quijote lying near the road and
leads him home on his mule. Don Quijote showers
the laborer with chivalric verse, comparing his
troubles to those of the great knights about whom
he has read. He looks DQ over for injuries and picks
him up to take him home. The laborer waits for
night before entering the town with Don Quijote,
in hopes of preserving the wounded man’s dignity.
Capítulo V
2. La vuelta de don Quijote a casa.
Don Quijote’s friends, the barber and the priest are
at his house. They have just resolved to investigate
his books when Don Quijote and the laborer arrive.
Immediately, everyone questions DQ to which he
does not reply. He explains that he is injured
because of his horse. The family receives Don
Quijote with open arms, feeds him, and sends him
to bed.
Capítulo VI
1. Del gran escrutinio que el cura y el barbero hicieron en
la librería de don Quijote.
The priest and the barber begin an inquisition into
Don Quijote’s library to burn the books of chivalry.
Though the housekeeper wants merely to exorcise
any spirits with holy water, Don Quijote’s niece
prefers to burn all the books. Over the niece’s and the
housekeeper’s objections, the priest insists on
reading each book’s title before condemning it. He
knows many of the stories and saves several of the
books due to their rarity or style.
Capítulo VI
2. Quemaron los libros de nuestro hidalgo.
The priest soon discovers a book by Cervantes. He
decides to keep the novel, expecting that the sequel
Cervantes has promised will eventually be published.
Don Quijote wakes, still delusional, and interrupts the
priest and the barber. Having walled up the entrance
to the library, they decide to tell Don Quijote that an
enchanter has carried off all his books and the library
itself. That night, the housekeeper burns all the books.
When Don Quixote rises from bed and looks for his
books, his niece tells him that an enchanter came and
took the books and left the house full of smoke. Don
Quijote believes her.
Capítulo VII
1. Don Quijote obtuvo un escudero.
Don Quijote’s niece begs him to abandon his quest,
but he refuses. He promises Sancho Panza that he
will make him governor of an isle if Sancho leaves
his wife and children to become Don Quijote’s
squire. Sancho agrees, and after he acquires a
donkey, they ride from the village, discussing the
isle. DQ made sure he had clean shirts and the
other provisions advised by the innkeeper.
Capítulo VII
2. La aventura de los molinos de viento.
They do not say good bye to their family and loved
ones when they depart. After a full day, Don Quijote
and Sancho come to a field of windmills, which Don
Quixote mistakes for giants. Don Quijote charges at
one at full speed, and his lance gets caught in the
windmill’s sail, throwing him and Rocinante to the
ground. Don Quijote assures Sancho that the same
enemy enchanter who has stolen his library turned
the giants into windmills at the last minute. The two
ride on in search of more adventure.