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Hey Mary,
Thanks for the notes you posted on the padlet! These will really help with my opening.
-Emma

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Plot Summary

In the 11th century in the city of Seville in the Castile region of Spain, Don Sancho and Don Rodrigo both seek to marry the same woman, Chimène. Both Chimène and her father, Don Gomes the Count de Gormas, prefer Rodrigo as a suitor, but Chimène fears that fate will intervene in some way.

The Infanta, the daughter of Don Fernando, the King of Castile, also loves Rodrigo, but cannot marry him because of his lower social status. The Infanta decides to help unite Rodrigo and Chimène, hoping that their marriage will lessen her own feelings for Rodrigo.

The Count de Gormas is jealous that the king has appointed Rodrigo’s father, Don Diego, to tutor the prince. The Count confronts Diego, disarming and insulting him. Humiliated, Diego—who is too old and frail to fight—asks Rodrigo to avenge him. Rodrigo knows fighting the Count would mean losing Chimène’s love, but he agrees to fight anyway for his father’s honor.

In Act II, Don Arias warns the Count that the King won’t allow him to duel with Rodrigo, but the Count doesn’t care. He attempts to insult Rodrigo, but when Rodrigo is unmoved the Count praises his courage instead and asks him to agree to back down from the fight. Rodrigo refuses.

Chimène, distressed over the impending duel between her lover and her father, confides in the Infanta. The Infanta imagines that if Rodrigo wins, Chimène will reject him for her father’s sake, leaving the Infanta free to pursue him herself.

The King is displeased with the Count for insulting Diego and insisting on dueling with Rodrigo, and is also concerned about the approaching Moorish navy. Don Alonzo announces that Rodrigo has killed the Count in their duel, costing the King one of his greatest veteran fighters as the Moorish threat draws closer.

Act III opens as Rodrigo tells Chimène’s nursemaid, Elvira, that he knows the grief he has caused Chimène and wants Chimène to kill him as vengeance for her father. Elvira tells Rodrigo to hide before Chimène returns home.

Chimène, believing she is alone with Elvira, admits that she cannot bring herself to hate Rodrigo but acknowledges that she must avenge her father. Rodrigo reveals himself and begs Chimène to kill him on the spot, but she is unable to do so. Chimène tells Rodrigo she understands that he had to challenge the Count to protect Don Diego’s honor, but that she must protect her own father’s honor in turn. Chimène believes she has no choice but to have Rodrigo killed.

Rodrigo returns home, and Diego tells him the Moors are about to attack the city. If Rodrigo fights, he might earn accolades from the King and regain a place in Chimène’s heart.

Act IV finds Rodrigo returned from war a hero. The Moors he has captured hold him in awe and call him “The Cid.” The Infanta asks Chimène to abandon her quest for revenge, but she cannot. Diego tells the King that Chimène still loves Rodrigo and wishes to save him. The King pretends Rodrigo has been killed to observe Chimène’s reaction, and her grief proves she still loves him. Don Sancho declares he will fight Rodrigo on her behalf, and she agrees to marry the winner of the fight.

In the final act, Rodrigo tells Chimène he will not defend himself against Sancho because he would rather die than live with Chimène’s resentment. She tells him he must defend himself, to save her from having to marry Sancho.

The Infanta delivers a monologue declaring that Rodrigo and Chimène belong together, since there is still no hate between them after all that’s happened.

Sancho appears with a bloody sword, and Chimène fears Rodrigo is dead. She declares her love for Rodrigo, and begs to enter a convent instead of marrying Sancho, where she will spend her life grieving for her father and her lover.

The King informs Chimène that Rodrigo is still alive: He disarmed Sancho, but chose not to kill him. Sancho says that since Rodrigo and Chimène are obviously in love, they should marry. The King tells Chimène that she has avenged her father enough. He suggests she marry Rodrigo, but wait a year first so that her emotional wounds can heal. During that year, Rodrigo will continue to fight the Moors and win honor for himself.

This probably already says what we know but i thought I’d just put it up there anyway ☺️
-Emma

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If this is a tragedy there would be a death of a main character at the end of the story such as Rodrigo or Chimèna, but there isn’t! To be honest, the book ends quite “happy” to a certain extent. The honor that Rodrigo and Chimèna lose at the beginning is restored and they both still love each other.
I actually really like the ending tbh 😁

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Opening - Emma
Argument - Marcellina, Claire
Rebuttal -
Open arguments -
Closing - Malia

Whoever wants a specific job please put your name next to the one that you want!
(Sorry if they arent in the right order 😅)
-Emma

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QUESTIONS/CHAT BOX for the amazing, wonderful, fantastic COMICAL LITTLE WOMEN!

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QUESTIONS/CHAT BOX for the amazing, wonderful, fantastic COMICAL LITTLE WOMEN!

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use the comments section of this post to ask questions/chat with teammates.

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When you are commenting on someone's post or making a new post, please put your name at the bottom so we know who did and who to give credit to! Thanks! ~Claire Z.

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When the count and Diego are arguing it is literally two old men having an argument. One jealous over the other, constantly insulting him—it’s child’s play.
Then afterwards Diego weeps over how weak and old he is, suddenly offended by what the count said and did. He even goes to his son like a wounded child goes to his mother and asks Rodrigo to avenge him. He would rather interfere with his sons love life than lose his honor! That’s ridiculous and completely comical, not tragic.
If the count hadn’t let his immaturity and envy get in the way of his sense, and it Diego hadn’t let his honor cloud his judgment, the conflict between Rodrigo and Chimèna would never had happened.
Looking at it from a clear point of view you can clearly see it’s very comical. Does that sounds about right?
-Emma

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I’m just going to warn you this is an extreme summary.
The basic story is Rodrigue loves Chimene and Chimene loves Rodrigue, they are also betrothed to each other. Rodrigue is the son of Don Diegue, Rodrigue fights against the moors and wins, which is incredible. Chimene is the daughter of Don Gomes who is the count of Gormas, and the general of Castile. Their fathers Don Gomes, and Don Diegue, get into an argument. This argument gets out of control and Don Gomes slaps Don Diegue. Of course, this was a total outrage to Don Diegue so he goes to his son Rodrigue and tells him that he must regain his honor for him. Rodrigue has a very hard time deciding what to do in this situation, after a long debate with himself, Rodrigue decides that he needs to earn his father’s honor to keep his own. He then goes to Don Gomes and challenges him to a duel Don Gomes excepts and Rodrigue wins aka he kills Don Gomes, Chimene’s father.

The story goes on for longer but here’s the thing. In my opinion this is not a tragedy because a duel to the death was a common thing back then. If you were a man it was not out of the norm to be challenged to a duel, as long as the code of chivalry was followed it was considered fair.

Chimene is completely distraught and mad at Rodrigue. Both Chimene and Don Diegue have an audience with the king where they discuss the consequences of Don Gomes’s death. In the meeting the king expresses his fatherly care for Chimene and that he will take care of her. After the meeting Chimene goes to her room to rest however she doe not get much rest because Rodrigue shows up. Rodrigue explains that he would lose his honor along with his father's had he done nothing. Rodrigue tells Chimene to kill him, Chimene refuses because she still loves him (whether she wants to admit it or not). They argue over their honor and how each of them are trying to keep it. Eventually, Rodrigue retreats, leaving both of them with an aching feeling in their hearts. This is when Rodrigue goes off to war against the Moores, he wins and earns their respect, the Moores call him Le Cid.

Now that Rodrigue is home Chimene insists that Rodrigue has a duel with Don Sanche (Don Sanche likes Chimene). Through all of this the king is trying to show Chimene how foolish she is, but she won’t hear him. Once the duel is finished the king’s servant returns with a bloody sword and Chimene is utterly broken. She believes that it is Rodrigue’s blood, she breaks down crying and saying that the king was a cruel and awful man. Even though she was the one who insisted on the duel. Anyways the king and his servant explain that it is not Rodrigue’s blood but rather Don Snache’s. Chimene finally admits that she still loves Rodrigue and wants to marry him. However, the king has a different plan he sends Rodrigue off to fight the Moores for one year. His reasoning behind this is that both of them have had a lot of trauma and emotions throughout the story, he wants them to realize how much they truly love each other. And that's pretty much how it ends.
-Elly

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List of Girls on the Team (for my sanity XD)

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List of Girls on the Team (for my sanity XD)

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Maria Clara
Trinity
Emma - any time this afternoon works for me
Elly/Eloise
Clara- [Nunya Bidnes]
Julia
Anna
Claire - 8-10 am (CT) and 1-5 pm (CT) for 11/4/22
Malia
Aimee
Mary Pat
Marcellina- anytime before 12pm works best for me for 11/4/22

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Yeah, I was going to say; how about we post notes here/google docs (whatever we decide) as we are reading the text; Or what I mean is think of arguments of how is El Cid a comedy while reading, and post them here
~Marcellina

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Hey girls!
For those of you who have finished or are close to finishing the book, could you post any helpful tips or notes that will help those of us who haven’t gotten a lot of reading done. (Like me 😁)
Thanks!
Emma

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Please fill out this Google Form if you have not already: https://forms.gle/FQYH6WrpdfRUMxM48

Here is the link to the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UFkIqLOvHDxYCVquLfBK4HRwkojDnixrxfftqmL4ZLQ/edit?usp=sharing