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Meaning of maritornes antonomasia



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maritornes antonomasia is incorrectly written, and should be written as "Maritornes" being its meaning:
It is one of the characters in the sale of Juan Palomeque, don Quixote takes as a castle or a Palace, which appears in several chapters of the ingenious hidalgo don Quixote of la Mancha. It is the maid, not very graceful, perky body and Asturian wench that Cervantes describes: " wide face, nape, blunt nose, plain of the an eye, one-eyed and the other is not very healthy ". Serving meals and helped in the sale. In chapter XVI, it helps to don Quixote and Sancho with the wife of the innkeeper and her daughter after the beating tipped them a few horsemen yanguesans because of the ravings of Rocinante with his mares. In the mentioned chapter also mentioned Maritornes flirtation attempts with a muleteer in Arevalo, which is thwarted by the delusions of don Quixote, organizing themselves into selling a brawl of father and my Lord.

  










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