Sancho Panza

E43702
comic foil fictional character literary character squire

Sancho Panza is the loyal, down-to-earth squire and comic foil to the idealistic knight-errant Don Quixote in Miguel de Cervantes' classic novel.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Sancho 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comic foil ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
squire ⓘ
appearsIn Don Quixote ⓘ
Don Quixote ⓘ
surface form: Don Quixote, Part II
associatedTheme common sense versus idealism ⓘ
reality versus illusion ⓘ
associatedWith La Mancha ⓘ
characterTrait comic ⓘ
down-to-earth ⓘ
loyal ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ
contrastsWith Don Quixote ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
createdBy Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
culturalImpact archetype of the practical companion ⓘ
familyName Panza ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Don Quixote ⓘ
surface form: Don Quixote universe
firstAppearance Don Quixote ⓘ
surface form: Don Quixote, Part I
firstPublicationDate 1605 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Sancho Panza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sancho
governs Ínsula Barataria ⓘ
hasChild Sanchica ⓘ
hasLiteraryFunction commentator on Don Quixote’s madness ⓘ
voice of popular wisdom ⓘ
inspiredBy Spanish rural culture ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
literaryMovement Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Golden Age literature
loyalTo Don Quixote ⓘ
medium prose ⓘ
motivatedBy promise of an island to govern ⓘ
narrativeRole comic relief ⓘ
foil to Don Quixote ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Spanish ⓘ
occupation squire ⓘ
portrayedIn film adaptations of Don Quixote ⓘ
Man of La Mancha ⓘ
surface form: musical Man of La Mancha

stage adaptations of Don Quixote ⓘ
television adaptations of Don Quixote ⓘ
secondPublicationDate 1615 ⓘ
servesAs squire to Don Quixote ⓘ
socialClass peasant ⓘ
speaksIn proverbs ⓘ
spouse Teresa Panza ⓘ
workGenre novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Man of La Mancha → featuresCharacter → Sancho Panza ⓘ
Sancho Panza → givenName → Sancho Panza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sancho
subject surface form: Don Quixote (Balanchine)
Don Quixote → mainCharacter → Sancho Panza ⓘ
Quichotte → mainCharacter → Sancho Panza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sancho