6/9/2023 0 Comments Edmond rostand plays![]() ![]() At midnight hours, when Percinet and Sylvette are about to meet, Straforel with his company kidnap Sylvette and put her into the sedan chair. Bergamin then hires Straforel and his company for a fake kidnapping. They are so in love with each other that they desire to die rather than separate with each other. They are deeply influenced by romantic literature of their times- especially by the romantic play “Romeo and Juliet” of William Shakespeare. They are emotional, daydreaming teenagers who have recently finished their school studies. They are worried that their love will also end in tragedy like that of Romeo and Juliet. They think themselves as the counterparts of Romeo and Juliet. In spite of their fathers’ warnings, Percinet and Sylvette fall in love. ![]() Similarly, Pasquinot also warns his daughter that she should not be near to his mortal enemy Bergamin and his son. As a part of their plan, Bergamin warns his son to stay away from Pasquinot and his daughter. In order to accomplish this, the fathers separate their children so that they may love each other the more, and desire to be reunited. Their fathers who are widowers and neighbors make a plan to marry their children with each other. Percinet is the only son of Bergamin and Sylvette is the only daughter of Pasquinot. ![]() In his play “The Romancers” Edmond Rostand satirizes the sentimentalism and escapism of Romantic literature of his times. ![]()
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