Don Quixote, Chapter 45 summary
Chapter 45 of 129 · Part 1 · 12 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 45, Don Quixote’s companions support his claims about the disputed basin and pack saddle, provoking a fight that the priest and judge help settle. Peace breaks down again when an officer identifies Don Quixote through an arrest warrant for freeing galley slaves, and Don Quixote rejects the officers’ authority over knights-errant.
What happens
- The barber and priest support Don Quixote’s helmet claim, while Don Fernando collects votes declaring the pack saddle a horse’s harness.
- Don Quixote attacks an officer who contradicts them, and fighting spreads throughout the inn.
- Don Quixote calls for peace, comparing the confusion to Agramante’s camp, and the judge and priest help restore order.
- Don Fernando arranges for Don Luis to accompany him to Andalusia, while three servants return to inform Luis’s father.
- An officer recognizes Don Quixote from an arrest warrant for freeing galley slaves and seizes him.
- Don Fernando separates the struggling men, but the officers demand custody and Don Quixote claims exemption from civil law.
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What to notice
Don Quixote presents the act behind his arrest warrant as charitable service. His defense exposes the conflict between his chivalric duties and the officers’ law.
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Why does the officer’s warrant call for Don Quixote’s arrest?
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