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Alberto Rodríguez
Frequently, the words spoken by a character in the conversations of the Quijote show the train of thought latent in the conscience of the speaker. The type of conversation that best presents this inner level is the ¿dialogue of memories.¿ By using ¿anacrisis¿ (a rhetorical form found in Socratic dialogue), one character induces another to break his silence and reveal some thoughts or even perhaps his most intimate memories. In the Quijote, the anacrisis appears in three forms: 1) as a means for obtaining an intimate revelation; 2) as the incorporation of a third interlocutor; 3) as a ¿tertius gaudens.¿ Cervantes' use of the anacrisis grants the conversations of the Quijote a great vigor because a character's surprising revelations constantly renew the eagerness to speak.
