Duke

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Duke is a fictional nobleman in Miguel de Cervantes’ "Don Quixote" who, along with a duchess, orchestrates elaborate pranks on Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, including Sancho’s mock governorship of the Ínsula Barataria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
nobleman
appearsIn Don Quixote NERFINISHED
associatedWith Don Quixote NERFINISHED
Duchess (Don Quixote) NERFINISHED
Sancho Panza NERFINISHED
Ínsula Barataria NERFINISHED
basedIn aristocratic court setting
characterIn Part II of Don Quixote NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Spain
createdBy Miguel de Cervantes NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Don Quixote universe
firstPublicationOfWork 1605–1615
genre chivalric parody
satire
hasTitle Duke NERFINISHED
languageOfWork Spanish
literaryPeriod Spanish Golden Age NERFINISHED
medium novel
narrativeRole antagonist
trickster
notableAction arranges Sancho Panza’s mock governorship of the Ínsula Barataria
organizes elaborate practical jokes on Don Quixote
organizes elaborate practical jokes on Sancho Panza
orchestratesPranksOn Don Quixote NERFINISHED
Sancho Panza NERFINISHED
portrayedAs bored aristocrat
manipulative
playful yet cruel
wealthy
relationshipToDonQuixote host
relationshipToSanchoPanza patron of mock governorship
roleInTheme exposes illusions of chivalry
illustrates cruelty of aristocratic amusement
spouse Duchess (Don Quixote) NERFINISHED
workAuthorNationality Spanish

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