This portrait of Samson, angry and sore from his fall, shows a sane man in a fit of passion a dangerous, if temporary, madman. Cervantes plays further with this sketch of play-acting and genuineness, of truth and fantasy, as he costumes Samson in a coat of mirrors. The newcomers are mirror images of Don Quixote and Sancho but, like most reflections, are backwards. The squire Cecial is unfaithful to his master; the knight Carrasco pursues his chivalry for personal revenge. According to these events, then, it is the true madman who wins; the noble visionary is the one who inspires a faithful follower.
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