Don Quixote, by seeing such dark omens, begins to despair of discovering his Dulcinea in her true form. This despair is the expression of the same Alonso Quixano who now prepares to die, having given up the fantasy of embracing either the real Aldonza or achieving the unblemished vision of Dulcinea with his knightly gaze. As Don Quixote tells the curate and bachelor his plans for a shepherd's life, Samson confesses his own basic quixotism and searching-for-Dulcinea: everybody knows I am a celebrated poet. By these words, Samson confesses his envy of Don Quixote as well as the unconscious desire to cause the downfall of his superior rival.
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