Why is Don Quixote (Book 1) viewed as a comedy by some people? Use references, and explain.

I think that Quixote can be seen as a comic figure to a great
extent because of how he views himself.  In the first part of the book, Quixote really sees
himself as worthy of a knight's pursuit and motivation.  There is little equivocation or
ambivalence in what he is doing and how he perceives it.  He believes himself to be a knight of
the highest order, believes Sancho to be his squire, and pursues in this matter.  In this light,
I don't think that there is any hesitation and within this, there is a comic or unifying essence
to Quixote.  When we use "comedy," I think that we are not necessarily allowing this to be a
vision of humor as much as a vision that unifies and synthesizes reality into a vision of
totality.  There is little fragmentation in Quixote's narrative, and for this, it is a comic
vision, akin to Dante's Paradiso as a type of resolution for
consciousness.