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Feb 16, 2017 · Alonso Quijana, no longer Don Quixote, lays in his bed at home, surrounded by his family. His spirit has been broken; he is dying. Fighting her way through his family, Aldonza comes to Quijana’s side. He does not recognize her and does not know her name. She pleads with him, saying that he once called her “Dulcinea,” and he begins to ...
Jan 4, 2017 · Quixote’s faith that she is Dulcinea also allows Aldonza’s redemption at the end when she decides to adopt “Dulcinea” as her name and urges the dying Alonso Quijana (now sane and remembering his exploits as a dream) not to give up on “Don Quixote.”
On the one hand, she is a hearty peasant girl named Aldonza de Lorenzo from a neighboring village. On the other hand, she is a beautiful, ethereal princess, endowed with every possible feminine virtue and beauty.
Aldonza Lorenzo (ahl-DOHN-sah loh-REHN-zoh), a sweaty peasant girl of Toboso, whom Don Quixote idealizes under the name of Dulcinea del Toboso; he chooses her to be his queen of love and...
Character description, analysis and casting breakdown for Aldonza (Dulcinea) from Man of La Mancha.
As Don Quixote, Sancho, and Aldonza prepare to go off to have more adventures, Don Quixote drops dead, having accomplished little other than providing Aldonza with a fantasy that makes her difficult life a bit more bearable.
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Don Quixote continues to fight to restore the noble ideals of the knights-errant until he is felled. At the end, back at his estate and restored to his identity as Alonso Quijana, he is visited, first by Sancho and then by Aldonza, who has completely transformed. She now sees herself as Dulcinea.
