Summary: DQ makes (then ignores) a vow. He tells Sancho about a balm.
Commentary:
"Where have you ever seen or read that a knight errant has been brought before the law, no matter how many homicides he may have committed?" Don Quixote is so ahead of his time, making the murder hobo jokes.
They don't exactly align, but I'm several chapters ahead of the songs at this point.
Summary: DQ is a highwayman! THE WINDMILLS!
Commentary:
Ornsby: A slight breeze at this moment sprang up, and the great sails began to move, seeing which Don Quixote exclaimed, “Though ye flourish more arms than the giant Briareus, ye have to reckon with me.”
Laaame
Grossman: Just then a gust of wind began to blow, and the great sails began to move, and, seeing this, Don Quixote said:
"Even if you move more arms than the giant Briareus, you will answer to me."
I do like him yeeing and thouing though.
And then he attacks a group of friars to take their stuff. What a hero!
Summary: Book burning! But not the ones the priest likes.
Commentary: I like the little crash course on the books Cervantes is mocking here. I'm pretty sure they'd censor the titles if you did this today. "Ah, B*tman. Burn that one." "Oh, Spydar-Ma'am. That can stay."
I was totally pronouncin it "Dull-Seen-Ah" in my head"
Summary: DQ gets found by a neighbor and goes home. Apparently he used to be smart, and his original name was Quijana.
Commentary: It's interesting to see the contrast between how little the narrators and characters have for Don Quixote, but not for Quijana, who they say was smart and respected.
I think I'd heard this before, and didn't realize it was from Man of La Mancha
Summary: DQ fails to stop a beating, is bad at math, and gets beat up.
Commentary: I was mistaken, he did not murder anyone yesterday.
Holy Grail is very Don Quixote. He can't count, there's a "penalty of the penalty" joke, which is very "those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked."
