Dulcinea, Don Quixote's lady love, is presented as a commonplace woman largely oblivious to him, yet her significance lies not in her actual qualities but in what Don Quixote projects onto her—she represents the 'eternal feminine' (what Goethe called 'Ewic des Weiblich'): something to aspire toward, hope for, and work toward.
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“dulcinea she is in fact a commonplace woman that don quixote has elevated to the status of his lady love...she represents what goethe would later call the evic of weiblich which means the eternal feminine”
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