# Lothario — Don Quixote character guide

> Lothario in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Lothario

**First appearance:** 0038-part-i-xxxii

## Snapshot

Anselmo's trusted friend, enlisted as a spy on Camilla's honor, whose loyalty is stretched until it snaps.

## Who they are

Lothario is the intimate friend to whom Anselmo entrusts the impossible task of testing his wife's fidelity. He begins as the reluctant instrument of another man's jealousy, protesting that the scheme is both dishonorable and dangerous. The story's tension lies in watching his resistance erode as proximity, opportunity, and Camilla's own guardedness transform the tester into the tempted, and the friend into the betrayer.

## Relationships

### [Camilla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/camilla)

_romantic_

Camilla and Lothario become secret lovers after Anselmo's reckless test of her loyalty.

### [Anselmo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/anselmo)

_friendship_

Anselmo and Lothario are close friends, but Anselmo's destructive request destroys their bond.

### [Anselmo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/anselmo)

_friendship_

Anselmo and Lothario are close friends, but Anselmo's destructive request destroys their bond.

### [Camilla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/camilla)

_romantic_

Camilla and Lothario become secret lovers after Anselmo's reckless test of her loyalty.

### [Anselmo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/anselmo)

_friendship_

Anselmo and Lothario are close friends, but Anselmo's destructive request destroys their bond.

### [Camilla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/camilla)

_romantic_

Camilla and Lothario become secret lovers after Anselmo's reckless test of her loyalty.

## In the story

### [The Ill-Advised Curiosity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xxxiii)

Anselmo's close friend, who is reluctant to participate in the plan to tempt Camilla.

### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xxxiv)

Anselmo's friend who, after initially pretending to court Camilla, genuinely seduces her and later, out of jealousy, falsely accuses her to Anselmo.

## Links

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