Don Quixote Characters: Complete Analysis
Don Quixote features complex characters representing different aspects of society, each embodying themes of the novel.
Alonso Quixano reads too many knight stories and reinvents himself as Don Quixote, a wandering knight. Sancho Panza is the practical peasant who becomes his squire, lured by promises of an island to govern. Dulcinea del Toboso is the peasant woman Don Quixote imagines as his noble lady love—she doesn't know he exists. Rocinante is his skinny, old horse that he treats like a noble steed.