what is the meaning of dulcinea?

Answer 1

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Dulcinea is a fictional character who is referred to (but does not appear) in Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quijote. She is also known as Dulcinea del Toboso, Aldonza Lorenzo, and Aldonza de Toboso.

Seeking after the traditions of the knights-errant of old, Don Quijote finds a true love whom he calls Dulcinea. She is a simple peasant in his home town, but Quijote imagines her to be the most beautiful of all women. At times, Quijote goes into detail about her appearance, though he freely admits that he has never seen her. On a side note, Sancho Panza pretends that a rather ugly country woman is Dulcinea so he does not have to go find her. Quijote believes this as Sancho insists that she is under a spell. Later in the story, Quijote dreams of what he thinks Dulcinea looks like and the Duke and Duchess procure a young boy to dress up as her. This is the closest Quijote ever gets to seeing his love.

In the Spanish of the time, Dulcinea means something akin to an overly elegant "sweetness". In this way, Dulcinea is an entirely fictional person for whom Quijote relentlessly fights. To this day, a reference to someone as your "Dulcinea" implies hopeless devotion and love for her.

She does appear in stage and film adaptations of the book. In cinema and on stage, she has been played by (among others) Sophia Loren, Joan Diener, Hollis Resnik, and Vanessa Williams. In the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha, she is a self-described *****. Her given name is Aldonza, and a prominent arc of the musical follows her distrust and then fervent belief in Don Quijote's quest. Also in the musical, a priest sings a song called "To Each His Dulcinea", in which he reflects that although Dulcinea does not exist, the idea of her is what keeps Don Quixote alive and on his quest.

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Answer 2

Dulcinea Meaning

Answer 3

Dulcinea is a fictional character who is referred to (but does not appear) in Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quijote. She is also known as Dulcinea del Toboso, Aldonza Lorenzo, and Aldonza de Toboso.

Seeking after the traditions of the knights-errant of old, Don Quijote finds a true love whom he calls Dulcinea. She is a simple peasant in his home town, but Quijote imagines her to be the most beautiful of all women. At times, Quijote goes into detail about her appearance, though he freely admits that he has never seen her. On a side note, Sancho Panza pretends that a rather ugly country woman is Dulcinea so he does not have to go find her. Quijote believes this as Sancho insists that she is under a spell. Later in the story, Quijote dreams of what he thinks Dulcinea looks like and the Duke and Duchess procure a young boy to dress up as her. This is the closest Quijote ever gets to seeing his love.

In the Spanish of the time, Dulcinea means something akin to an overly elegant "sweetness". In this way, Dulcinea is an entirely fictional person for whom Quijote relentlessly fights. To this day, a reference to someone as your "Dulcinea" implies hopeless devotion and love for her.

She does appear in stage and film adaptations of the book. In cinema and on stage, she has been played by (among others) Sophia Loren, Joan Diener, Hollis Resnik, and Vanessa Williams. In the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha, she is a self-described *****. Her given name is Aldonza, and a prominent arc of the musical follows her distrust and then fervent belief in Don Quijote's quest. Also in the musical, a priest sings a song called "To Each His Dulcinea", in which he reflects that although Dulcinea does not exist, the idea of her is what keeps Don Quixote alive and on his quest.

Answer 4

Dulcinea is Don Quijote's love interest. It has no literal meaning. It probably means something like Sweetheart. The dictionary definition is:

Dul·cin·e·a
n.
[Sp., from Dulcinea del Toboso the mistress of the affections of Don Quixote.]
A mistress; a sweetheart.

Answer 5

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Dulcinea was the name of farm-girl-turned-unwitting-mistress in the novel Don Quixote. While she is referred to quite often in the novel -- so much so that you can almost call her a major character -- she never actually **appears in the book**. She is only referred to and talked about. Over the course of the novel, Don Quixote plays the farm girl up to be the most beautiful girl in the world. I would imagine that "Finding Dulcinea" refers to the quest to find your invented idea of perfection, even if it doesn't really exist.

Answer 6

In Don Quixote, the hero Don Quixote and his sidekick try to counter the evils of the world for love. Don Quixote's lady love is Dulcinea and he thinks that she is perfection itself. Dulcinea in Spanish means "sweet." Well, Duclinea doesn't truly exist and in some ways can be seen as an old prostitute (at least that's what my Spanish teacher said she was when I was first read the text). I think that in the context of the website, it means searching for true knowledge even though it does not truly exist.

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Dulcinea, the woman of Don Quixote's dreams, means
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Answer 9

It is pronounced as ;duhl-sin-ee-uh, duhl-suh-nee-uh.


It means Ladylove or Sweet Heart.

Its Origin: 1740–50; after Dulcinea the ladylove of Don Quixote

Answer 10

A mistress; a sweetheart
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dulcinea

a ladylove; sweetheart, derived from L. dulce "sweet."
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Dulcinea - A lady love. Taken from Don Quixote's amie du
coeur. Her real name was Aldonza.
(Dict. of Phrase and Fable)

Song-Willie Chalmers. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and
Songs. The Harvard Classics:
...a particular friend of mine, asked me to write a
poetic epistle to a young lady, his Dulcinea. I had
seen her, but was scarcely acquainted with her, and
wrote as...

Tobo'so. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
... Corellas, Lunas, Alagones, Ureas, Fozes, and Gurreas
of Aragon: neither does the Lady Dulcinea descend from
the Cerdas, Manriquez, Mendozas, and Guzmans of
Castile ...

Love. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget's
International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases:
...caro sposo [all It.]. LADYLOVE, sweetheart,
mistress, inamorata, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea,
angel, goddess, cara sposa [It.]; betrothed, affianced,
fiancée [F.]....

Song Willie Chalmers:
(Classics) Poems and Songs of Robert Burnsby Robert
Burns Nature's Law - A Poem Reply To A Trimming ...
Dulcinea ....

There is a closely resembling word:

dulciana -
An organ stop having metal pipes and giving thin,
incisive, somewhat stringlike tones.
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