“The Cid” play by Corneille is the manifestation of the revolutionary mind that immediately emerged in Paris in the first half of the seventeenth century. In that period, society witnessed the appearance of French drama, where Corneille, with is an in-depth sense of time, place, and action, established a fruitful ground for the development of neoclassic frames for the French tragedy for a long period of time so that the story takes place in France that experienced the political times.
The play is based on the legend about the soldier, whose name is El Cid, the man who struggled against the Moors who were gradually invading Spain. Cid was a brave warrior, so that the author, inspired by this legend, decided to make this personage the main hero of his play. Considering the style of the play, it manages to preserve the three unities: time, place, and actions.