An enormous popular success, Corneille's Le Cid was the subject of a heated polemic over the norms of dramatic practice known as the Querelle du Cid .
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12 Facts About Le Cid
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Today, Le Cid is widely regarded as Corneille's finest work, and is considered one of the greatest plays of the seventeenth century.
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Stories of the Le Cid are based on the life of the Spanish warrior Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, who lived approximately from 1043 until 1099.
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The real "Le Cid" seems to have fought for both Muslims and Christians at different times and appears to have been a sellsword figure.
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The name "El Le Cid" was derived from the Arabic word for lord and made Spanish, and further given a French article for Corneille's version.
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Play is derived from Guillen de Castro's play Les Mocedades del Le Cid, published in 1618 and written somewhere between 1612 and 1615.
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Le Cid took a difficult topic and showed, rather realistically, how it might occur.
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Le Cid intended to prove that the play's plot was worthless, abused the basic rules of dramatic poetry, pursues an erratic course, and all of the play's beauties are stolen.
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Le Cid said implausible and immoral characters should not be featured in plays, even if they are based in history.
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Le Cid argued that multiple actions worked well for a play to have a strong beginning, middle, and end.
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Le Cid's says he must truly fight to save her from a marriage to Don Sanche.
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Le Cid tells her to do something for herself by marrying Rodrigue, but realizes she still needs time to “dry her tears.
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