Put simply an idealist, or romantic, views the world as he or she thinks it ought to be; a realist views the world as it is. Is don quixote and idealist or a realist? Which role does Sancho Panza fit?

The correct answer is "Don Quixote is an idealist and Sancho Panza is a realist".

Explanation:

In the famous novel "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha" by Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote is portrayed as a man that avoids reality and prefers to see it as part of a knights novel, where he is the protagonist of glorious deeds. Don Quixote is a clear example of an idealist. On the other hand, Don Quixote's squire Sancho Panza, is a sarcastic man that function as a realist and helps his master to see the world as it is. For instance, Sancho Panza warned Don Quixote when he tried to fight "ferocious giants" that were in fact windmills.

the sun warms our planet, and with the moon, creates the tides. the moon orbits the earth and in turn, the earth orbits the sun. because they appear to be the same size in the sky, the sun, earth and moon work together to create eclipses. when the moon is directly in between the earth and sun