1. Discuss the importance of courtly love during the period and the Précieuses who lived in France at the time of the play

2. Courtly Love
Attraction to the lady

3. Worship of the lady from afar
Courtly Love
Worship of the lady from afar

4. Declaration of passionate devotion
Courtly Love
Declaration of passionate devotion

5. Virtuous rejection by the lady
Courtly Love
Virtuous rejection by the lady

6. Renewed wooing with oaths of virtue and eternal fealty
Courtly Love
Renewed wooing with oaths of virtue and eternal fealty

7. Moans of approaching death from unsatisfied desire
Courtly Love
Moans of approaching death from unsatisfied desire

8. Heroic deeds of valor which win the lady's heart
Courtly Love
Heroic deeds of valor which win the lady's heart

9. Consummation of the secret love
Courtly Love
Consummation of the secret love

10. Endless adventures and subterfuges avoiding detection
Courtly Love
Endless adventures and subterfuges avoiding detection

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9cieuses
Précieuses

12. Society of intellectual women
Précieuses
Society of intellectual women
 salon of Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet
Escape from expectations of Royal Court during the rule of Louis XIV
Origin of literary style préciosité