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Lo asesina la realidad? Él ¿sólo puede vivir en su fantasía? ¿Qué triunfa, al fin? ¿La realidad, la realidad, áspera y cruel? 29 Hay quienes oponen a Cervantes y don Quijote. Cervantes sería un hombre racional, en lucha contra la España atrasada de su tiempo; en cambio, don Quijote sería no sólo un loco, sino un hombre del pasado, que cree en los encantamientos, los duendes y los magos; que intenta restablecer la Orden de la Caballería Andante, ya siglos atrás desaparecida. Pero oponer a Cervantes y don Quijote es idea sin sentido.
La realidad, la realidad, áspera y cruel? 29 Hay quienes oponen a Cervantes y don Quijote. Cervantes sería un hombre racional, en lucha contra la España atrasada de su tiempo; en cambio, don Quijote sería no sólo un loco, sino un hombre del pasado, que cree en los encantamientos, los duendes y los magos; que intenta restablecer la Orden de la Caballería Andante, ya siglos atrás desaparecida. Pero oponer a Cervantes y don Quijote es idea sin sentido. Lo único que se puede decir es que todo personaje, cuando es verosímil, supera al autor que lo crea.
Poco tiempo después, don Quijote muere, rodeado del amor de los suyos. Lo llora, con dulces y a un tiempo amargas palabras, su fiel escudero, Sancho. ¿Qué sucede? ¿Por qué don Quijote ha de volver a ser Alonso Quijano, el Bueno? ¿Lo asesina la realidad? Él ¿sólo puede vivir en su fantasía? ¿Qué triunfa, al fin? ¿La realidad, la realidad, áspera y cruel? 29 Hay quienes oponen a Cervantes y don Quijote. Cervantes sería un hombre racional, en lucha contra la España atrasada de su tiempo; en cambio, don Quijote sería no sólo un loco, sino un hombre del pasado, que cree en los encantamientos, los duendes y los magos; que intenta restablecer la Orden de la Caballería Andante, ya siglos atrás desaparecida.