Draft Chapters on Two Faces of Fidel

Don Quixote and Captain Ahab

David Ronfeldt

Expert InsightsPublished 1990

This paper compares Fidel Castro with the heroic literary archetypes of Miguel de Cervantes' The Adventures of Don Quixote and Herman Melville's Moby Dick. The author suggests that Melville's Captain Ahab character, who portrays the hubris-nemesis conflict that also afflicts Fidel Castro, might provide some insight into Castro.

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  • Year: 1990
  • Pages: 49
  • Document Number: P-7641

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Ronfeldt, David, Draft Chapters on Two Faces of Fidel: Don Quixote and Captain Ahab. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1990. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7641.html.
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