I'm amused by this "golden age" that Don Quixote speaks of, where virgins are free to roam the countryside without fear!! I wasn't aware that virgins were in such danger, or that they couldn't roam around!! I just thought it was funny, I don't really have an social commentary to add to it.
So I have shifted from thinking that Quixote was just a man trying to have a little fun, to a man who is delusional. He thinks inns are castles and that big men are giants and that sheep are secretly knights in shining armor too! He doesn't seem to be living in our world, he's off in la-la land. And he uses it to get of paying his lodging bills too!! I wonder if this excuse will work in real life too?
Basically Don Quixote is Michael Scott. And Sancho Panza is Dwight Schrute. Their hijinks never seem to end, no matter how hard they try.
I'm not too sure how Dunder Mifflin fits into the story but its there!
Of course it could all be sorcery too, nothing is as it seems anymore.
Now that you mentioned it, I can totally see The Office analogy! Too true!
ReplyDeleteWell, given the time frame, virgins were considered something great. Looking at the way they dressed, which at times was probably more religious society based, but it could bring a lot to a man's mind. There's a poem I read in my Classic Lit class about a man trying to convince the woman he was sitting next to to raise up her skirt so he could see her ankle. I think it's sweet, despite the disillusion, that he's willing to defend them.
ReplyDelete@amanda - I don't know for some reason I just totally don quixote and the office as being one in the same lol
ReplyDelete@allyssa - I think that's cute though about the ankle thing, there was a time when ankles were the sexiest thing you could show off. Now a days it seems nothing is off limits when it comes to dressing.