The Two Main Characters
- Don Quixote, a Spanish gentleman of La Mancha Alonso Quijano (or Quesada, or Quijada), who believes himself and acts as a knight-errant as described in various medieval books of chivalry, riding his horse Rocinante.
- Sancho Panza (or Zancas), Don Quijote's squire. He is uneducated and unable to read, but he knows numerous proverbs and rides a donkey.
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