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Alfredo Baras Escolá
Aside from the very few episodes in which eroticism is literally expressed, there are many other passages in the novel which allow of a double meaning ¿one innocent, the other ribald. We shall point out some of these words and phrases which were formerly used with an erotic meaning. It would certainly be absurd to read such meanings into Don Quixote if these expressions did not occur in clearly allusive contexts. However, the fact that they are imbedded in such important aspects as Don Quixote's name, his profession as knight errant, and the description of Sancho Panza proves that Cervantes relied on this sort of humor not only in his Ocho entremeses ¿as has already been demonstrated¿ but in his masterpiece as well.
