After facing the ridicule of a pirate-author, Don Quixote must now face the humiliation of Sancho's revolt. Accepting his fate, however, he agrees to the squire's conditions, and the rebellion finished, Sancho immediately seeks his master's protection when he is scared by the sight of all the bandit corpses. Sancho's fight with his master, however, is a sign that he is maturing under Don Quixote's tutelage and that he shall soon be able to take up a life independent of serving the knight. Don Quixote's gentle acceptance of Sancho's victory, his passivity in the wrestling match, shows his feeling for the imminence of death.
Roque Guinart is a sympathetic character, very similar to Don Quixote in his eagerness to aid the poor and redress the sufferings of damsels. Roque, however, unlike the Don, leads an anxious, insecure life. Though their chivalrous ideals are the same, the bandit does not have the advantage of a distracted mind to help him transform the realities of his life. His unsuccessful quixotism makes him a pitiful character compared to the freedom from reality which the Don enjoys and which Roque has the misunderstanding to ridicule.
