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kays0930
kays0930
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In "El Cid," why has the Cid been exiled? What is going to happen to him and others who try to help him?

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Posted by kays0930 on Thursday January 25, 2007 at 3:04 PM and tagged with characters, cid, el cid, exile.

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  1. Dodger Plate
    tal Student
    Graduate School

    for the first part, from enotes: the reason for the Cid's banishment is the accusation by King Alfonso VI that the Cid had embezzled money collected from the Moors for the king. This is the second time that Alfonso banished the Cid, and the missing folio might have described this event.

    Not sure about the second part.

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    http://www.enotes.com/cantar-de/12844

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    Posted by tal on Thursday January 25, 2007 at 3:21 PM

  2. revolution
    revolution Teacher
    Doctorate

    The unique manuscript of the Cantar de mio Cid is missing its first folio (manuscript page), and so the poem begins by describing the Cid's reaction to the news of his banishment. From contemporary Latin histories and from a note later in the poem (laisse 9), we discover that the reason for the Cid's banishment is the accusation by King Alfonso VI that the Cid had embezzled money collected from the Moors for the king. This is the second time that Alfonso banished the Cid, and the missing folio might have described this event.

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    Posted by revolution on Monday July 20, 2009 at 8:15 AM