Le Cid - special high school edition - Petits classiques Larousse, Pierre Corneille

In 1637, Corneille ventured into a new genre, still ill-defined, tragedy or tragicomedy... The label and rules matter little, since Le Cid is a work about freedom. Rodrigue must avenge his father by killing the father of Chimène, the woman he loves... It is the heroism of a sacrificed youth who must pay the price for the mistakes of their elders, trying, despite everything, to live, to fight, and to love. The play highlights the insane challenges — those we will always want to take on.