Word: cid
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...sections of the course will begin Corneille's Cid on Saturday next...
...sections of the course will begin Corneille's Cid on Saturday next...
...Corneille: Le Cid...
...crisis of the play occurs when the Cid is called upon to avenge the insult offered to his own father by Don Gormas whose daughter he has loved for years. Here we seem to have a glimpse at the workings of his heart, he must choose either life-long disgrace or mortal conflict with the father of Chimene. He hesitates but a moment while he looks over the blasted hopes of the life which has just begun, then he turns sternly to his duty, with death or a life without Chimene as the only possible prospect for the future...
...this crisis and also at the moment when the Cid throws his life at the feet of Chimene we feel the full influence of the master hand of Corneille. Le Cid is as remarkable an example of the true loving sympathy of youth as the two old men are of the prating foolishness of advanced years. In fact the only really weak character in the whole play is that of the King who has no distinctive personality or firmness whatever...