I knew from school a long time ago that he fought the windmills, but never knew why.
2007-02-24 12:12:19 · 5 answers · asked by Don B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Don Quixote was obsessed with books of chivalry. He ended up going mad because he related everything in real life to what he had read in his books. So he went out in search of adventures, but because he was not in the time of knights and damsels in distress he had to make up his own. In many of his books of chivalry there were stories of knights defeating giants, so when he saw the windmills blowing in the wind he assumed they were giants flailing there arms. Because he knew himself to be a knight of chivalry he took it as his duty to defeat the giants.
2007-02-26 11:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by ottomated420 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a literary metaphor. It means you are fighting a fantasy battle. Fighting a nonexistent enemy. In other words don't waste your time and energy fighting nonsense save it for the real thing. We've all done this in our lives
2007-02-24 21:44:12 · answer #2 · answered by dutch132004 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because he was mentally unstable and thought the windmills were attacking enemies...
2007-02-24 20:17:20 · answer #3 · answered by max power 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He was delusional, he thought that they were giants.
2007-02-24 20:16:40 · answer #4 · answered by C. J. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was high on acid and thought they were enemy warriors.
2007-02-24 20:20:27 · answer #5 · answered by Aldo the Apache 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋