The plot of this play is set off after a tutoring job is offered to (*) Don Diego, who is slapped by a jealous Count of Gormas.
Background information in this play is provided through dialogues with otherwise inactive nobles named Arias and Alonzo. An attempt by a soldier in this play to assuage his leader's distrust of a war hero is halted by the sight of ten enemy ships. In this play, a princess admits to her lady-in-waiting Leonora that she has been helping to kindle the central romance because she cannot love the title character. The plot of this play is set off after a tutoring job is offered to (*) Don Diego, who is slapped by a jealous Count of Gormas. After killing Don Gomes, the title character of this play tries to marry his daughter ChimÃ¨ne, but is asked by King Fernand to kill some Moors first. For 10 points, name this tragedy about a soldier named Rodrigo, written by Pierre Corneille.
Background information in this play is provided through dialogues with otherwise inactive nobles named Arias and Alonzo.
Le Cid [or The Cid]