Drew Hanna

I think one of the most interest characters in Don Quijote is Dulcinea del Toboso. I find her to be one of the most interesting characters in the novel because her actual existence is questionable. Never once, throughout the entire journey, do we the readers meet Dulcinea. Every mention of her and every description of her comes out of the mouth of Don Quijote. The information that we have on her is extremely limited and also comes from Don Quijote. From what we know about Dulcinea, we can conclude that she is a peasant woman from a town close to La Mancha. We also know that everything that Don Quijote does throughout his journey is done in an attempt to honor Dulcinea. She serves as a vital piece for Don Quijote, knight errant, to exist. If she was not in the story, than Don Quijote would not have a woman to fight for and would not be a true knight errant. In Don Quijote’s mind, Dulcinea is and will always be the perfect woman. She is very beautiful, virtuous and kind hearted. Because Dulcinea is a very important character to the story even though she is never present.