* Quite a few bits in ''Theatre/ManOfLaMancha'', particularly when Alonso Quijana dies. The fact that he dies in a state of euphoria doesn't help matters.
* The sum total of the last two scenes, from Aldonza's rendition of "The Impossible Dream," when Quixote remembers who he is and stands triumphantly, to Quijana's death, to Cervantes walking toward the Inquisition while everyone else sings the reprise ... sobbing. Like a little girl.
* The two most beautiful songs in ''Man of La Mancha'' (to my mind) are "What Do You Want of Me?" and "The Impossible Dream." ''Of course'' they just ''have'' to also be the most tearjerking.
---> This is my quest, to follow that star!
---> No matter how hopeless, no matter how far...
** God, "The Impossible Dream". As [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]] as it can be, it's also tear-inducing.
*** ''Especially'' when Brian Stokes Mitchell sung it for Ted Kennedy's funeral.
* Aldonza desperately begging for him to call her Dulcinea again. [[spoiler: It doesn't work. At least not at first.]]
* "Aldonza". Watching Quixote's illusions ripped from him is horrible, and you feel so badly for poor Aldonza.
--> '''Aldonza''': You have shown me the sky but what good is the sky\\
To a creature who will never do better than crawl?\\
Of all the cruel bastards who've badgered and battered me, ''you'' are the cruelest of all\\
Can't you see what your gentle insanities do to me?\\
Rob me of anger and give me despair?\\
Blows and abuse I can take and give back again\\
Tenderness I cannot bear.
** That's nothing to say of her backstory... Her mother gave birth to her in a ditch then just left her there, she has [[AbandonedWarChild no idea who her father is]] ("mine was some regiment here for an hour, I can't even tell you which side!"), so she became a prostitute and she knows she's never going to do any better.
** And before she launches into the song, the muleteers who had been harassing her had carried her off and gang-raped her. As Aldonza staggers onstage afterward and Quixote swears that the muleteers will pay for their crime, Aldonza bitterly scoffs, [[WhamLine "Crime?!? No, do you know the worst crime of all? Being born. For that, you get punished your whole life."]]
** Throughout the song, Quixote keeps reaffirming that Aldonza is Dulcinea, which makes Aldonza more and more despondent and angry. At the end of the song, when Aldonza tells him "So don't torture me now with your "sweet Dulcineas" no more. I'm no one. I'm ''nothing''. I'm only Aldonza, the whore!", Quixote says "Now and forever, thou art my Lady Dulcinea!" which usually results in Aldonza screaming in anger, fury, rage and sorrow. Other times, the actress will just collapse sobbing. Either way, it's effective.
* Aldonza's introductory song "It's All The Same" shows that despite (appearing) to be popular and loved by the patrons of the inn where she works...it's clear that she doesn't hold a lot of faith in humanity (and with good reason) and in her self worth.
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