R&C Flashcards

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cervantes explains in prologue why ejemplares

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‘Heles dado nombre de ejemplares, y si bien los miras, no hay ninguna de quien no se pueda sacar algún ejemplo provechoso; y si no fuera por no alargar este sujeto, quizá te mostrara el sabroso y honesto fruto que se podría sacar, así de todas juntas, como de cada una de por sí’,

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2
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why rinconete says they should leave the gang

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para huir y abominar una vida tan detestable’.

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monipodio’s kinda uncomfortable with his moral position

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Basta que se les haga el agravio, sin que se diga en público; que es gran cargo de conciencia

it’s bad enough that the injury should be done, without its being published abroad, for it is a great load on one’s conscience.

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Cortado’s name links to some questioable morality

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Cortadillo se quedó confirmado con el renombre de Bueno, bien como si fuera don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, que arrojó el cuchillo por los muros de Tarifa para degollar a su único hijo.

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rinconete questions the moral status of the hampa

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1) Y ?con sólo eso que hacen, dicen esos senores - dijo Cortadillo - que su vida es santa y buena?
Pues ?qué tiene de malo? -replicó el mozo- ?no es peor ser hereje o renegado, o matar a su padre y madre, o ser solomico?
Sodomita querrá decir vuesa merced - respondió Rincon.

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6
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re-description of Rinconete at end

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Era Rinconete, aunque muchacho, de muy entendimiento, y tenía un buen natural; y como había andado con su padre en el ejercico de las bulas, sabía algo de buen lenguaje

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significance of ganchuelo’s name (real name of ‘el mozo’)

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means hook. - he hooks the boys and fishes them out of the picaresque world to his master in the criminal underworld

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significance of chiquiznaque’s name

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‘chiquichaque’ is onomatopoeia for smth scratching or cutting so relevant to his job as knifesman

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significance escalanta’s name

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escala -> stairs – someone who goes up and down stairs, reference to brothel

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10
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significance of Juliana la Cariharta’s name

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cari -> rotten, harta -> full

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11
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rincón is naturally curious

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‘viendo que tardaba, se atrevió Rincón a entrar en una sala baja’

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12
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either rincón is very astute, or Cortado’s nature is very obvious

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si yo no me engano y el ojo no me miente, otras gracias tiene vuesa merced secretas, y no las quiere manifesta

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13
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Here Cortado describes his ‘bad luck’ in never managing to pass his tailoring examinations despite being mpore than capable - but also play on both their names, brings in idea of pícaro as victim of fate/bad luck, but also ironic as we can guess this is because he has been engaging in some petty criminal activity

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la corta suerte me tiene arrinconado

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14
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what characteristics does cervantes assign to the hoes that demarcates their profession as much as their appearances?

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llenas de desenfado y desverguenza

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15
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what’s the first thing ganchuelo tells the boys about Monipodio?

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‘es su padre, su maestro, y su amparo’

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ironic language, Cortado talks about the reputation of Seville

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En cada tierra hay su uso, guardemos nosotros el désta, que, por ser la más principal del mundo, será el más acertado de todo él.
- Every country has its customs, so we will observe those of this country, which since it is the most important in the world will be the most proper as regards to its customs

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Rinconete reflecting on the state of the justice system in Seville

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Finalmente, exageraba cuán descuidada justicia había en aquella tan famosa ciudad de Sevilla, pues casi al descubierto vivía en ella gente tan perniciosa y tan contraria a la misma naturaleza

Pondering all these things, he could not but marvel at the carelessness with which justice was administered in that renowned city of Seville, since such pernicious hordes and inhuman ruffians were permitted to live there almost openly.

18
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quotes from both R&C on fate

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  • Imagino que no sin misterio nos ha juntado aquí la suerte – i imagine there’s some good reason why fate has brought us together here – Rinconete
  • Nuestra suerte ha querido que entremos en esta cofradía – Cortado
19
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bit where the narration is slighly darker in tone

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había en él seis galeras, cuya vista les hizo suspirar, y aun temer el día que sus culpas les habían de traer a morar en ellas de por vida
-> ‘there were 6 galleys there, the sight of which made them sigh, and even dread the day when a mistake on their part would lead them to spend the rest of their lives in them.

20
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narrative voice a bit cheeky

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‘en menos de media hora le ganaron doce reales y veinte y dos maravedís, que fue darle doce lanzadas y veinte y dos mil pesadumbres’

21
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example of a malapropism actually being pretty appropriate

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where Chiquiznaque says ‘destruición’ instead of instrucción

22
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Cervantes asserts that the exemplarity apparent in the novelas may be obtained not only from each one individually, but also from the whole collection

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…que se podría sacar, así de todas juntas, como de cada una de por sí