Second Volume of the novel that formally inverts Don Quixote: as the don mistakes himself for the knightly hero of a Romance, so Arabella mistakes herself for the maiden love of a Romance. While the don thinks it his duty to praise the Platonically pure damsels he meets , so Arabella believes it is in her power to kill with a look and it is the duty of her lovers to suffer ordeals on her behalf.
Second Volume of the novel that formally inverts Don Quixote: as the don mistakes himself for the knightly hero of a Romance, so Arabella mistakes herself for the maiden love of a Romance. While the don thinks it his duty to praise the Platonically pure damsels he meets , so Arabella believes it is in her power to kill with a look and it is the duty of her lovers to suffer ordeals on her behalf.