# Samson Carrasco — Don Quixote character guide > Samson Carrasco in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Samson, Carrasco, Bachelor Samson Carrasco **First appearance:** 0061-part-ii-i ## Snapshot A sharp-witted young bachelor who has read the published history of Don Quixote and greets him with flattery, mischief, and a plan. ## Who they are Samson Carrasco is a university man of about twenty-four, small in body but a great wag, with a sallow face and a large mouth that promise jokes. His tension is that he knows Don Quixote's madness is real and also that the madman has been made famous in print — so he treats the knight with elaborate courtesy while privately scheming to cure him. He matters because his arrival in the early chapters of the second part introduces the book's own fame into the story, turning Don Quixote from a private lunatic into a public figure whose deeds are already being read. ## Relationships ### [Sancho Panza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/sancho_panza) _rivalry_ Samson Carrasco disguises himself as a knight to defeat Don Quixote and force him home, often dealing with Sancho. ### [Don Quixote](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/don_quixote) _rivalry_ Samson Carrasco repeatedly challenges Don Quixote in disguise to cure his madness, acting as an antagonist. ### [Sancho Panza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/sancho_panza) _rivalry_ Samson Carrasco disguises himself as a knight to defeat Don Quixote and force him home, often dealing with Sancho. ### [Don Quixote](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/don_quixote) _rivalry_ Samson Carrasco repeatedly challenges Don Quixote in disguise to cure his madness, acting as an antagonist. ### [Sancho Panza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/sancho_panza) _rivalry_ Samson Carrasco disguises himself as a knight to defeat Don Quixote and force him home, often dealing with Sancho. ### [Don Quixote](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/don_quixote) _rivalry_ Samson Carrasco repeatedly challenges Don Quixote in disguise to cure his madness, acting as an antagonist. ## In the story ### [II: About Cervantes and Don Quixote](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/ii-about-cervantes-and-don-quixote) Mentioned as one of the individualized characters in the novel, with life and individuality. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-ii) Mentioned as the bachelor who returned from Salamanca and told Sancho about the published history. ### [Of the laughable conversation that passed between Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and the bachelor Samson Carrasco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-iii) The bachelor who brings news of the published history; praises Don Quixote and discusses the book's reception and criticisms. ### [IV In which Sancho Panza gives a satisfactory reply to the doubts and questions of the bachelor Samson Carrasco, together with other matters worth knowing and telling.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-iv) Discusses errors in the first part of the history and the prospects for a second part; advises Don Quixote to go to Saragossa; agrees to compose verses. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-vii) Encourages the third sally, offers a helmet, and accompanies them partway. ### [Wherein is related what befell Don Quixote on his way to see his lady Dulcinea del Toboso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-viii) Mentioned as having told them of a printed history of their adventures. ### [Of the strange adventure which befell the valiant Don Quixote with the bold Knight of the Mirrors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xii) Implied as the Knight of the Grove (later the Knight of the Mirrors), though not explicitly named in this chapter; he sings a sonnet about his lady Casildea and challenges Don Quixote's claims. ### [Wherein is continued the adventure of the Knight of the Grove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xiv) Disguised as the Knight of the Mirrors, he is defeated by Don Quixote and revealed to be the bachelor. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xv) Disguised as the Knight of the Mirrors, he is defeated and injured, vowing to continue pursuing Don Quixote. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xvi) Mentioned as the possible identity of the Knight of the Mirrors, though Don Quixote dismisses it as enchantment. ### [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxviii) Mentioned by Sancho as the son of Tom Carrasco, for whom Sancho previously worked. ### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiii) Mentioned by Sancho as the bachelor of Salamanca who told him he is going all over the world in books. ### [Chapter L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-l) Skeptical of Sancho's governorship, suspects enchantment; questions the page. ### [Chapter LI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-li) Not directly present, but the context of the joke involves the duke and duchess's circle. ### [Wherein is related the adventure of the second distressed or afflicted Duenna, otherwise called Doña Rodriguez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lii) Mentioned in Teresa's letter as doubting Sancho's governorship and planning to intervene. ### [Of the prodigious and unparalleled battle that took place between Don Quixote of La Mancha and the Lackey Tosilos in defence of the daughter of Doña Rodriguez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lvi) Mentioned by Sancho as the Knight of the Mirrors who was transformed into the bachelor. ### [Wherein is made known who the Knight of the White Moon was; likewise Don Gregorio's release, and other events](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxv) Reveals himself as the Knight of the White Moon, explaining his plan to defeat Don Quixote and force him home for a year to cure his madness. ### [Of the resolution Don Quixote formed to turn shepherd and take to a life in the fields while the year for which he had given his word was running its course; with other events truly delectable and happy.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxvii) Mentioned as a potential member of the pastoral fraternity, to be called Samsonino or Carrascón. ### [LXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxx) Revealed as the Knight of the White Moon who defeated Don Quixote, having disguised himself to cure the knight's madness. ### [Of the omens Don Quixote had as he entered his own village, and other incidents that embellish and give a colour to this great history](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxxiii) Meets Don Quixote at the village entrance, agrees to join the pastoral plan, and suggests using literary names for shepherdesses. ### [LXXIV: Of how Don Quixote fell sick, and of the will he made, and how he died](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxxiv) Visits Don Quixote, tries to cheer him with talk of a pastoral life, and is appointed an executor of the will. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/samson_carrasco - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters