Pierre Corneille (1606-1684 / France)

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Pierre Corneille (6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly forty years.

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Corneille was born at Rouen, France, to Marte le pesant and Pierre Corneille (a minor ... more »

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''Oh! how many actions, how many fabulous exploits remain without glory in the midst of the night.''
Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Don Diègue, in The Cid, act 4, sc. 3 (1637). Don Diègue in despair at being too old to fight a du...
''It is only blood that can wash away such an outrage; die or kill.''
Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Don Diègue, in The Cid, act 1, sc. 5 (1637). Don Diègue tells his son to avenge him.
Don Diègue: Rodrigue, have you any courage?
Don Rodrigue: If you weren't my father, you would have a taste of it on the spot.
("Rodrigue, as-tu du coeur?" "Tout autre que mon père/L'épro...
Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Don Diègue, in The Cid, act 1, sc. 5 (1637). Don Diègue urges his son to avenge him.
''Go, run, fly and avenge us.
(Va, cours, vole et nous venge.)''
Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French playwright. Don Diègue, in The Cid, act 1, sc. 5 (1637). Don Diègue urges his son to avenge him. One of the m...

Pierre Corneille (1606-1684 / France)

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