Dulcinea del Toboso

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fictional character idealized woman literary character

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aldonza 5
Dulcinea del Toboso canonical 4
Dulcinea 3

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 Dulcinea del Toboso self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aldonza Lorenzo
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 ⓘ
surface form: Don Quixote, Part I
gender female ⓘ
hasAdmirer Don Quixote ⓘ
hasFamilyName del Toboso ⓘ
hasGivenName Dulcinea del Toboso self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dulcinea
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 Dulcinea del Toboso self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Don Quixote's imagined lady
residence Illescas ⓘ
surface form: El Toboso
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) ⓘ

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 del Toboso ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dulcinea
Man of La Mancha → hasSong → Dulcinea del Toboso ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aldonza
Man of La Mancha → featuresCharacter → Dulcinea del Toboso ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aldonza
Dulcinea del Toboso → basedOn → Dulcinea del Toboso self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aldonza Lorenzo
Dulcinea del Toboso → hasGivenName → Dulcinea del Toboso self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dulcinea
Dulcinea del Toboso → relationshipTo → Dulcinea del Toboso self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don Quixote's imagined lady
Alonso Quixano → inLoveWith → Dulcinea del Toboso ⓘ
Don Quixote series for the Gobelins Manufactory → depictsCharacter → Dulcinea del Toboso ⓘ
It's All the Same → performedByCharacter → Dulcinea del Toboso ⓘ
subject surface form: "It's All the Same"
this entity surface form: Aldonza
It's All the Same → associatedWithCharacter → Dulcinea del Toboso ⓘ
subject surface form: "It's All the Same"
this entity surface form: Aldonza
To Each His Dulcinea → addresseeInLyrics → Dulcinea del Toboso ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dulcinea
To Each His Dulcinea → associatedCharacter → Dulcinea del Toboso ⓘ
I'm Only Thinking of Him → associatedCharacter → Dulcinea del Toboso ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aldonza