Fighting windmills:What is hidden in this phraseological turn? Involuntarily everyone at least once uttered this expression. It can be addressed to himself, as well as to another person. The most important thing is that no one takes offense at such a statement. It is interesting to understand what it is connected with.
Naive Knight in Armor
If someone else has not read the novel by the Spanish writer M.Cervantes, we advise you to do this as soon as possible. The work is called "The Cunning Hidalgo Don Quixote of Manmanch". The novel was written a very long time, but in our days does not lose its relevance.
Все дело в главном герое.Tall, awkward and thin Don Quixote - a comic image. But because of his character, he became so fond of the reader that no one wants to laugh at him or dare. Don Quixote - a romantic and sincere nature. He so faithfully believed the stories about the gallant knights described by the poets that he himself decided to become one.
The hero is registered by the author quite comically.Don Quixote is no longer young, not very healthy body. Tall tall, lean elongated face with a long nose and funny mustache. And most likely, there were some changes in his brain that led to a passion for vagrancy. And his horse, Rossinant, was also skinny and comic. Funny armor completed the image.
His servant, Sancho Panso, is the antipode of the main character,from the exterior to the ability to soberly evaluate things and call them by their proper names. But fate drives them. So often in life, is not it?
Настоящие рыцари, по мнению героя, непременно they had to perform valiant feats in the name of a beautiful lady, and also faithful squires should help them in everything. The knight intended to sing the beauty of the chosen one and tell the world about his exploits in the name of love. Don Quixote chose his beloved Dulcinea of Tobos. By the way, his chosen one was not so beautiful at all that she would sacrifice anything for her sake. But our knight was blind and deaf, in his imagination Dulcinea was the most beautiful woman on Earth.
What is the point of fighting windmills
In the inflamed imagination of Don Quixote mills -huge monsters that somehow threaten humanity. It is clear that Don Quixote is not quite adequate. But he devotes his exploits to the lady of the heart. In the novel, the fight against windmills is of particular importance for the hero. This tremendous nobility in combination with naivety disarms.
Sincerity always softens people's hearts.It was before and remains true now. Don Quixote frantically raced on his skinny horse and attacked the monsters - "dragons", pierced them with a spear, trying to kill. It was, in fact, a laughing stock for others.
Thus, the meaning and meaning of the expression became obvious to the readers of the novel. "Fighting windmills" as an independent phrase went for a walk around the world, no longer dependent on M. Cervantes.
It means a waste of energy to performno action needed. Pointless search for the impossible. Empty faith in unworthy people. Or you can give this wording: stupid behavior that does not lead to a result.
Knights among us
Why is the hero of the novel so loved by the people?It's simple. Don Quixote did not want to put up with routine and routine. His eyes were able to ignore filth, vulgarity and greed. Soul sought to high flight. He once surprised those people around with these qualities.
With deep reflection, you begin to understand the power of the phrase "struggle with windmills", the meaning of which changes to the opposite.
Now nobleness is not met at every turn.But they are, "knights without fear and reproach." Such people emphasize the “fight against windmills”: they don’t want to put up with injustice in society or violence. Fighters for the truth, they come out with protests, attract public attention, sacrifice themselves in the name of a high (often unattainable) goal. Volunteers, animal rights activists, members of conservation societies — all of them fighting dragons. And no one laughs at them.
Thank you Don Quixote
I would like to be glad that the image of the "knightsad image "will live forever in the memory of people. He is a kind and open, sincere and brave man. So valuable qualities are concentrated in him that the hero himself and his actions cause little laughter.
The fight against windmills will continueis always. Otherwise, the world will become boring, gray and mundane. People will become poor in spirit and forget the lofty goals, lose the core values of the human soul. The world will be bogged down with petty-bourgeoisness, profit, greed and idleness. "Madness of the Brave" has always admired and will delight. And writers and poets will draw inspiration from the most (seemingly meaningless) feats!
