Ah, Corneille

[melayneseahawk]

Just finished reading The Cid for Casey's class. Plot goes something like this:

Princess falls in love with boy, but he's too far below her station, so she introduces him to girl who is her buddy but on a similar social standing to boy. Boy and girl fall madly in love and are to be married. Girl's father insults boy's father when boy's father, boy kills girl's father in duel to avenge boys father's honor. Girl wants revenge but still loves boy, so boy runs off to war. Instant war hero! Boy returns victorious but still can't marry girl. King declares that boy will duel another knight, and the winner will marry the girl. Boy is victorious and they live happily ever after.

Sheesh.

(And then I tried to take a shower...and we have no hot water. Boo.)

Comments

[allandaros.livejournal.com]

You mean El Cid? That's the man's proper title, the full one being El Cid Campeador. The Cid is like saying "los tables".

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Honey, it's a play written by a Frenchman about Spanish history. The correct title of the play is Le Cid. Leave me alone. :P

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

And is this like "Correct Melayne Week, Even If the Correction is Wrong" or something? Shit.

[allandaros.livejournal.com]

So the French are screwing up the poor guy's name. Doesn't affect what you should call 'im. ;-)

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

I only said The Cid because I was referring to the play. Had I been talking history, he would definitely have been El Cid. :P