1.) Juana Panza first appears in page 350 of the Don Quijote.
2.) Juana is the wife of Sancho Panza, who has to endure the loneliness at home with her children as her absent husband served as Don Quijote’s squire while a pair of them traveled on a knightly mission.
3.) There were a similar between Penelope in the Odyssey and Juana, they both missed there husband. As for Penelope, “she fell weeping for Odysseus, her beloved husband…(Odyssey.89). Juana main concern was a donkey after she saw her husband, “the first thing she asked when she saw her husband was whether the donkey was in good health…”(Don Quijote.350). But still, she loves her husband although the donkey happens to be the driving force to keep Sancho’s farm in operation.
4.) I think Juana is a hero for she is a loyal and patience wife to Sancho, which she stayed home to keep her children and farm together in one piece while Sancho went off on the adventure more than once with Don Quijote.
1 comment:
Although I agree withe the comparison to Penelope, I think that they are completely different in movies. Her selfishness, in my eyes, does not make her heroic at all. She should just be commended for having to put up with Sancho, who she didn't know would end up like that.
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