Don Quixote: resumen de Part 2, Chapter 48
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In Chapter 48, Doña Rodríguez visits Don Quixote at night to ask him to make a wealthy farmer’s son honor his promise to marry her daughter. After she explains the duke’s refusal to intervene and reveals private details about the duchess, unidentified intruders beat her and pinch Don Quixote, leaving her appeal unresolved.
Qué sucede
- While recovering from his scratches, Don Quixote hears his door open and expects Altisidora, but Doña Rodríguez enters instead.
- Their strange clothing frightens them both, and they exchange assurances before settling down to talk.
- Doña Rodríguez recounts her marriage, her husband’s humiliating mishap and death, and her daughter’s accomplishments.
- She asks Don Quixote to confront her daughter’s seducer, explaining that the duke protects the young man’s wealthy father.
- She criticizes Altisidora and describes the drains in the duchess’s legs, which astonishes Don Quixote.
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En qué fijarte
Don Quixote joins his concern for sexual fidelity with his knightly duty to help. The attack interrupts the appeal before any remedy is agreed.
Comprobación rápida
Why does Doña Rodríguez say the duke refuses to act against her daughter’s seducer?
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