Dulcinea del Toboso

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Dulcinea del Toboso is the idealized lady love of Don Quixote in Miguel de Cervantes' novel, existing largely as a romantic fantasy rather than a real, present character.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aldonza 5
Dulcinea del Toboso canonical 4
Dulcinea 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
idealized woman
literary character
actualStatusInStory ordinary peasant woman
appearsIn Don Quixote
associatedWith chivalric romance conventions
knight-errantry
basedOn Aldonza Lorenzo
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
countryOfOrigin Spain
createdBy Miguel de Cervantes
culturalImpact archetype of the unattainable beloved
reference point for idealized love in Western literature
describedAs ideal lady
lady love of Don Quixote
romantic fantasy
existenceInPlot largely offstage
primarily in Don Quixote's imagination
fictionalUniverse Don Quixote
firstAppearance Don Quixote, Part I
linked to: Don Quixote
gender female
hasAdmirer Don Quixote
hasFamilyName del Toboso
hasGivenName Dulcinea
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
hasTheme chivalric love
idealism
romantic illusion
inspiredBy courtly love tradition
languageOfWork Spanish
literaryPeriod Spanish Golden Age
locatedInFiction La Mancha
mentionedBy Sancho Panza
metaNarrativeRole critique of romantic idealization
satire of courtly love ideals
narrativeFunction focus of Don Quixote's vows of knighthood
object of Don Quixote's chivalric service
occupation peasant woman
perceivedBy Don Quixote as a noble lady
relationshipTo Don Quixote's imagined lady
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
residence El Toboso
linked to: Illescas
roleInWork love interest of Don Quixote
motivation for Don Quixote's chivalric deeds
symbolizes idealized womanhood
illusion versus reality
unattainable ideal
workPublicationDate 1605 (first part of Don Quixote)
1615 (second part of Don Quixote)

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Don Quixote mainCharacter Dulcinea del Toboso
Man of La Mancha hasSong Dulcinea
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
Man of La Mancha hasSong Aldonza
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
Man of La Mancha featuresCharacter Aldonza
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
Dulcinea del Toboso basedOn Aldonza Lorenzo
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
Dulcinea del Toboso hasGivenName Dulcinea
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
Dulcinea del Toboso relationshipTo Don Quixote's imagined lady
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
Alonso Quixano inLoveWith Dulcinea del Toboso
"It's All the Same" performedByCharacter Aldonza
subject linked to: It's All the Same
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
"It's All the Same" associatedWithCharacter Aldonza
subject linked to: It's All the Same
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
To Each His Dulcinea addresseeInLyrics Dulcinea
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso
To Each His Dulcinea associatedCharacter Dulcinea del Toboso
I'm Only Thinking of Him associatedCharacter Aldonza
linked to: Dulcinea del Toboso