The Romancers Summary | Edmond Rostand | Major English Class 12 | Plays in One-act

The Romancers Summary | Edmond Rostand | Major English Class 12 | Plays in One-act
Neb English Support Class 12


The Romancers Summary | Edmond Rostand | Major English Class 12 | Plays in One-act



The Romancer by Edmond Rostand




MAIN SUMMARY 

The Romancer by Edmond Rostand

The Romancers is one of the famous romantic comedies written by French writer Edmond Rostand. This play presents the romantic affair of two young lovers named Percinet and Sylvette. Both of them are school-going teenagers. They do have many traits of young romancers, which are as follows:

▪︎  They are romantic, emotional, passionate, and sentimental.

▪︎  Both of them like love poetry and brave deeds.

▪︎  They compare themselves with romantic lovers of drama, poetry, etc.

▪︎  They imagine and dream many things related to love.

▪︎  They madly love each other.

▪︎  Both of them appreciate each other. Percinet appreciates her impressive laughter, whereas Sylvette appreciates his melodious voice.

▪︎  Percinet recites the verse, to which Sylvette willingly listens.

▪︎  They spent hours walking along in the garden. They love the beautiful environment and nature. They have a love for everything. They try to meet many times secretly in the garden. They ask about each other's health and hug.

▪︎  They are ready to sacrifice anything for their true love.

Thus, their love is all-in-all true, and they don't want to lose each other.


MAIN OBSTACLE IN THE LOVE AFFAIR OF PERCINET AND SYLVETTA

Both Percinet and Sylvette love each other so deeply, but there is an obstacle to their affair. The main obstacle for both of them is their fathers, Bergamin and Pasquinot. Bergamin is the father of Percinet, whereas Pasquinot is the father of Sylvette. Both of them are neighbours and enemies of each other. They hate each other severely. The enmity between their fathers has separated Percinet and Sylvette. Their fathers don't allow them to meet. They fight with each other when they see their children together. They have warned their children not to meet each other. Pasquinot has even warned his daughter to leave her if she moves closer to Percinet or his father. Bergamin has also warned his son of the same thing. Percinet passes most of his time in the wall. He is daydreaming because of his love. When his father sees his activities, he puts pieces of broken glass on the top of the wall so that he can't touch them. Pasquinot also puts spikes on his wall to make his daughter stay within the boundary. Fathers' acts against their love bring anxiety among lovers. Fathers' hatred becomes the main cause of their separation. Despite such threats, both lovers meet separately in the garden. They kiss and hug there. Their love grows stronger day by day.


THE REAL FACT

Both Bergamin and Pasquinot are such intimate friends with each other. They pretend to be enemies of each other to make their children's love deeper. When their children appear in front of them, they start quarrelling with each other. Both fathers don't want to unite them completely. They plan to intensify their children's love. They restrict both lovers from doing love. They realise that the more you keep someone away from their love, the more they love you. They do their best to control their children. Finally, when they find their children love each other deeply, as true love does, they plan to reunite them without letting them know anything. Both lovers are ready to bear any sacrifice to get true love. Both fathers plan to hire a professional killer. They hire Staforel to play the role of a kidnapper. Staforel plays a very good role. He acts as a real villain. When Staforel comes along with his partners with swords and kidnaps Sylvette, Percinet jumps over the wall and fights bravely with the villains. All the companions of Staforel run away, whereas Staforel lies on the ground. Percinet saves Sylvette's life. This kidnapping scene brings happiness to the young romancers. Staforel gets paid a fine for his acting. The father of the girl praises Percinet as a hero and rescuer. Sylvette's father shakes his hand with Percinet. Finally, he allows Percinet to marry his daughter.


IMPORTANT QUESTION 

1. Narrate the events which cause anxiety to the lovers, but are desired to bring them happiness.

Answer:

In the beginning of the play, Percinet is reading Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" to his beloved Sylvette, who doesn't like to hear about Romeo's death. They compare their situation with that of Romeo and Juliet. Their fathers, Bergamin and Pasquinot, are enemies who hate each other and forbid their children to see each other. The enmity of their fathers has separated Percinet and Sylvette. Pasquinot has warned his daughter not to go close to Percinet and his father. He warns her that if she disobeys him, he will abandon her. On the other hand, Bergamin also warns his son not to go close to Sylvette and her father. When he finds his son daydreaming on the wall, he puts broken glass on top. On the other hand, when Pasquinot finds his daughter walking alone near the wall of his enemy, he plans to put a row of spikes on the wall. These situations cause anxiety for the young lovers.

However, these situations are destined to bring happiness and union to the devoted young lovers. The fathers are not the real enemies. They play the role of callous fathers only to make their children love each other more truly and intensely. Their final plan is to break the wall and live together, getting their children happily married. When Percinent and Sylvette are madly in love, facing all the obstacles and challenges, the fathers plan to come to reconciliation. They hire Straforel to play the role of a kidnapper. He pretends to kidnap Sylvette, and Percinet fights bravely to rescue her. He is made a hero, and the fathers are ready to get their children married.






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