Don Quixote: resumen de Part 2, Chapter 32

Qué sucede

1. Don Quixote answers the clergyman’s criticism, and the duke grants Sancho an island government, prompting the clergyman to leave.
2. Don Quixote distinguishes insult from dishonor and denies that the clergyman’s words injure his honor.
3. Four maids soap Don Quixote’s face as a prank, and the duke undergoes the same washing to conceal it.
4. The duke and duchess question Dulcinea’s existence and birth, while Don Quixote attributes contradictory accounts to enchantment.
5. Don Quixote praises Sancho’s mixed wisdom and simplicity and considers his fitness to govern.
6. Sancho rejects washing with dirty kitchen equipment; the duchess dismisses his tormentors and invites him to spend the afternoon with her.

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En qué fijarte

Sancho recognizes humiliation beneath the claim of hospitality. His protest contrasts with Don Quixote’s acceptance of the earlier washing ceremony.

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