Four centuries on, the pair formed by the knight-errant and his squire still embodies something we all recognise. We look at the symbolism of this immortal friendship.
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza embody the fundamental duality of the human being: idealism and pragmatism, madness and sanity, dream and reality. In this pair Cervantes shaped the most precise mirror of the human condition. Four centuries later they remain recognisable in every culture in the world.
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Don Quijote Sancho PanzaPareja literariaSimbolismo QuijoteCervantes personajesLiteratura española clásica
