Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"Look, your worship,” said Sancho; “what we see there are not giants but windmills, and what seem to be their arms are the sails that turned by the wind make the millstone go.”

“It is easy to see,” replied Don Quixote, “that thou art not used to this business of adventures; those are giants; and if thou art afraid, away with thee out of this and betake thyself to prayer while I engage them in fierce and unequal combat."

What theme is illustrated in this excerpt from Cervantes’s Don Quixote?

A. man versus nature
B. fantasy versus reality
C. tradition versus change
D. individual versus society

Answer 1

B. Fantasy versus reality

Step-by-step explanation:

In literature, the theme is the message or life lesson that a text conveys about a topic. A literary work may have several themes and they are not directly stated in the story, therefore we, the readers, usually have to think them through.

The topic of the excerpt is fantasy and reality as the two characters are debating over what the windmills are: Sancho sees them as windmills, but Don Quixote sees them as giants. So, one theme that the passage holds about those topics is "Fantasy versus reality."

Answer 2

Answer: B) Fantasy versus reality.

Explanation: In literature, the theme is the underlying message of a story, it is what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem. In the given excerpt from Cervante's "Don Quixote" we can see illustrated the theme of fantasy vs. reality, because where Sancho sees windmills and sails, Don Quixote sees giants that he will defeat.