Don Quixote, Chapter 67 summary
Chapter 67 of 129 · Part 1 · 8 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 67, Don Quixote proposes spending his required retirement as a shepherd, and Sancho embraces the plan while imagining practical pleasures and dangers. Their discussion turns defeat into a new imagined way of life, but Sancho still questions the whipping meant to free Dulcinea, and their night ends with poor food.
What happens
- Don Quixote asks about Altisidora and urges Sancho to perform the whipping intended to release Dulcinea from enchantment.
- Sancho doubts that whipping can remove enchantments and reserves the choice of when to punish himself.
- At the meadow where bulls trample them, Don Quixote proposes becoming a shepherd during his retirement.
- They invent pastoral names, suggest companions, and imagine music, poetry, food, and country pleasures.
- Sancho worries about Sanchica’s safety, then challenges Don Quixote for condemning proverbs while using them himself.
- They leave the road at nightfall, eat poorly, and settle down; Sancho sleeps while Don Quixote keeps watch.
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What to notice
Don Quixote makes relevance the test of proverbial wisdom. Sancho’s accusation that he also uses proverbs complicates his criticism.
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What name does Sancho choose for his imagined shepherdess?
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