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El CidThe Poem of El Cid takes place during the make or break medieval society of King Alfonso. These were the years of the Reconquering of Spain by the Moors, making the chivalry class of knights...
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El CidOn the one hand, lords and vassals inhabit completely different social strata and have different standards for behavior and comportment. On the other, as the example of El Cid himself indicates,...
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El CidWhat is the difference between the Cid and typical Greek epic poetry?El Cantar de Mio Cid, or The...The most distinguishing differences between the epic poem El Cantar de Mio Cid (or The Lay of the Cid ) and classic Greek epics are the date of composition, identity of the heroes and the...
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El CidAs far as I know, the complete name of Rodrigo is Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. It is also spelled Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar at times. Sometimes he is called Ruy Diaz de Vivar also. The nickname "El Cid"...
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El CidCantar I, no. 14 from El Cantar del Mio Cid (translated version) is poignant because it shows the most salient feature of a knight in the Middle Ages and Middle Ages literature, which is the...
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El CidThe poet of The Lay of the Cid focuses on loyalty, integrity, and honor. Is there a difference in...The Poem of the Cid is a fabulous picture of life and politics of the Spanish Reconquista. The poem's discussions amongst the Spanish Christians and both Moors and Jews exemplify the attitudes of...
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El CidI'm not quite sure what you're looking for since much of the El Cid story has been derived from less than factual accountings created by poets and other sorts trying to idealize this man born as...
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El CidCantar de Mio Cid is the definitive work of the Spanish epic and the Spanish epic hero. El Cid (a nickname referring to his status as a nobleman) has all the traits of a Spanish hero. He is a man...
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El CidThe only copy of Cantar del mio Cid I have has only 152 chapters in three cantos, and although there are two Moors mentioned whose names begin with "A" I found no mention of an Apollin or any...
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El Cidgifts are love,gifts are hope, the morning of life,hide in gifts, gifts are love,gifts are hope.
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El CidIn Medieval times a beard was a symbol of manhood, power and dignity. One way of telling that a man was still a boy was to say that he had no beard. Even nowadays in Spain you can find saying...
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El CidEl Cid and his companion, Martin Antolinez, trick the money lenders by giving them two ornately carved chests filled with sand. They let the money lenders believe that there is something of value...
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El Cid"The Poem of El Cid" follows a traditional pattern of traditional poetry common in world literature. In this tradition, loyalty is an all-important character trait, and by persevering to...
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El CidEl Cid was a good vassal because he was a successful military commander and that is in essence what feudalism was, a system of military organization. However, there are other characteristics which...
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El CidThere are many examples of realism, a form of writing characterized by representation of things as they really are, in El Cid.In line 375, a painful farewell is unflinchingly described, "They...
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El CidFrom the Catholic Encyclopedia: The date of its composition has long been a disputed question. Many critics whose names must be mentioned with respect, among them Dozy and Ticknor, place it at the...
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El CidNeoclassicism is an "embodied a group of attitudes toward art and human existence--ideals of order, logic, restraint, accuracy, "correctness," "restraint," decorum,...
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El CidThe 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...