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During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries literature became a part if life to many people. The whole Renaissance period opened up a life to Europe that had never before been in existence. New themes in art, better art, new themes in literature, and better literature became a part in this “new life.” Many authors represented this “new life, but none better than Miguel De Cervantes and John Milton who both ironically wrote in two very different styles. In Cervantes’s Don Quixote the literary elements stray from the poems of John Milton in the fact that their allusions, diction, and syntax differ, but they both however convey the same theme of passion of accomplishment. These two writers had very different backgrounds. Miguel De Cervantes was born in Spain in the year fifteen hundred and forty seven. As he was growing up he received his education from Jesuits. After Cervantes finished his education he became a professional soldier (Starkie). This may explain the reason he wrote about his character trying to become a knight. After all knights and soldiers are very much alike. While in service he became wounded in Lepanto in the year fifteen hundred and seventy one, captured by the Turkish army in the year fif