courtesy would also benefit society because for example in the play, Cervantes treats the .
prisoners with courtesy, even though they treated him very badly in the beginning but at .
the end they followed in his footsteps. .
Don Quixote's quest changes people's view on life. He has a goal in life, and that .
is treating people with courtesy and respect. He also believes that everyone has a purpose, .
no matter the occupation or what they look like. Everybody has potential and .
that's Don Quixote mission in life. Don Quixote fell in love with a woman named .
Aldonza, who was a prostitute which didn't think highly of herself and doesn't like her .
life. "I do not like the life I live" (Aldonza, Man of La Mancha, p. 20) She also believed .
that nothing will ever change, "So do not talk to me out of love, I"m not a fool with starry .
eyes, Just put your money in my hand, And you will get what money buys!" (Aldonza, .
Man of La Mancha, p.19) and her life is the way it is. He changes her by looking at the .
person on the inside, not the outside. Don Quixote calls her Dulcinea, which makes her .
feel uncomfortable and awkward. He wins her over after Pedro, a man that only wanted .
sex, slapped her because she kept him waiting. "Keep me waiting, will you?" (Pedro, .
Man of La Mancha, p. 50) Don Quixote then came to the rescue and defended her by .
striking him. Aldonza then grabs Don Quixote's sword and swipes Pedro with it. This .
moment changed her life because in the beginning of the play, she would give in to .
anything and didn't value her life. Now, thanks to Don Quixote, she defends herself and .
doesn't see herself as a prostitute anymore. Since Don Quixote fights evil, he decides to .
patch him up. Aldonza decides to do this, and ends up getting beat up and gagged by .
Pedro and his crew. Out of anger, she decides to forget this whole ideal woman .
perception and shouts out in frustration who she truly is. "Crime! You know the worst .
