The streets of Verona were silent and the air was hot and muggy. The sky was pure blue and the sun shined down ever so brightly. Through streets and up hills around the corner and past the Friar's cell Alone on a dusty street corner sat a poet by the name of Cyrano who was in the midst of heartbreak over his one love Roxane. Trying to escape his pain Cyrano moved away from his home country of France to the quaint town of Verona, Italy in search of a wife.
For all his life Cyrano was brushed aside and never considered by possible suitors that he quite fancied. He charmed them with his beautiful words and profound chivalry, but no lady could see him past his huge nose. Covering his face and sticking out like a tree branch Cyrano’s nose was
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the first and only thing anyone saw. It got him into fights, it made him feel silly, and most of all it lost him his love, Roxane. Now, Cyrano lies under the shadows of buildings in the city of Verona writing poems of love he could only someday hope to find for himself. The hot weather drove the people in Verona into their cool damp homes and no ladies were around to talk to. For weeks Cyrano pursued his writing with a feather and paper basking in the midday sun until the night of the important family, the Capulets, invited all of the town to a royal party at their house. For the first time the town erupted with noise for everyone who was anyone would be attending the party that night and had to look their best. Everyone that, except Cyrano. Although he tried to run from heartbreak he still lugged around his atrocious nose and the Capulet family could not imagine having a foreign ugly nosed man at their party. Luckily the party was costume themed accustomed with masks and elaborate clothing, the perfect theme for Cyrano. He strut to the nearest tailor to have a custom mask prepared that help cover the atrocity on his face. As the sun set the air was brisk and so was the movement of people from their homes to the grand Capulet party, along with them was Cyrano. Upon arrival Cyrano admired the large estate enclosed with cement walls and a gorgeous garden. The house was white brick and had large windows covering the front with two oak double doors at the entrance. A cobblestone path led up to the doors and behind them were hundreds of people and plenty of suitors for Cyrano. All in masks and doing group dances the party guests enjoyed many hours of ordeals and as some went home Cyrano's night became ever so grand. Across the room a young lady with long brown hair and beautiful pale skin removed her mask to show such beauty that Cyrano immediately fell in love with. It was like a dream or a piece of poetry for Cyrano was experiencing love at first sight. Determined to talk to the fair maiden Cyrano crept behind the pillars inside the home keeping his eyes on the beauty across the way. He crept behind the other guest and peered through his mask trying not to appear too obvoius. The light hit the young lady’s face giving her a glowing and angelic ambiance. As Cyrano got closer he made the bold decision to grab her soft hands and pull her with him somewhere where he could truly see her inside and out. His hands clammed up as he reached for her frail hands then latched on and wisked into a room nearby. The lady gasped and demanded to know the meaning of her kidnapping. “I saw from across the room only the most beautiful flower at this here party. I was hoping to at least know your majesties name” Cyrano exclaimed shakily kissing her on the hand and bowing. “My name is Juliet and while you are quite sweet I have no idea who you are unless you remove your mask” demanded Juliet standing up tall and pulling her hand away. “A costume party, however, adds such mystery which adds to the ambiance of love I know you and you may only judge me by my words and not my looks” “How is it fair that you may see me but you are a starnger to me” “In due time you will see past looks and care about who I truly am and thus with a kiss I will leave you to bask in the mystery of me, Cyrano” Juliet turned to exit the room when Cyrano grabbed her hand, removed his mask to just above his lips, and kissed Juliet before she could get away. “Now Cyrano I must see you!
A kiss like that must be from a handsome man”
“I must be gone, but trust me fair maiden this face will be reconizable in due time”
Cyrano returned his mask over his lips and tuend briskly exiting the room and leaving Juliet alone with only the memory of his words. However, mystery was a horrid thing to Juliet and she demanded for her nurse to accompany her in finding out who the gentleman, she was already beginning to love, truly was. The nurse shouted at the guards to stop Cyrano from leaving the party but it was too late and he had gotten out unscathed and unknown.
Through the next day both Cyrano and Juliet thought of one another and dreamed of their marriage, which both desired very much. In the morning, Juliet called for her nurse to go out in search of Cyrano and ask for his hand in marriage, an unusual thing to do at the time, but she thought only necessary. The nurse then went and searched hours before returning at dusk with happy news and Juliet's mystery man in tow.
“Oh Juliet my glorious flower. How I’ve missed in the daylight upon these hours” Cyrano stated embracing Juliet his mask still fixed upon his face.
“My Cyrano, your return brings me nothing but happiness and the desire for your love” Juliet cried
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out. “Then it is decided our mutual love has but one answer, marriage!
A wondrous day and an enchanting lady shall he nothing more than I can wish for, Juliet let us be married”
Juliet whisked Cyrano off to the Friar’s cell and demanded they be married before nightfall. While the Friar was quite leery of this marriage given the circumstances of Cyrano's unrevealing mask he agreed to marry them for the name Cyrano was had to mistake. Friar knew of his past loves and past work in poetry, as well as his social status and appearances. He also recalled the judgemental ways of thinking from Juliet’s family, the Capulets. In hopes to create a more equal social status way of living in Italy he married the two love
birds. After the wedding the two rejoiced and spent the rest of the night together. As the sun set, Cyrano's fear of Juliet seeing his nose rose. The two sat together and talked by candlelight Cyrano using his charm and poetic characteristic to woo Juliet further. By the time the two settled in to go to sleep Juliet untied the back Cyrano's mask and examined his face by candlelight. “My dear you have nothing to fear each one of us has a nose, some larger than others. Just like my hair is longer than others and my eyes wider too” Juliet comforted Cyrano as he winced after the mask was removed, “Your heart is what really matter and I can tell my husband Cyrano that yours in much larger and purer than all the men in Italy” “Juliet, my bride, my lovely, lovely bride my nose has lost me love before, but only true love can withstand any obstacle whether that be emotional or physical” with that they embraced in a kiss and stayed together until sun rise. The next morning the talk of the town was Juliet's new beau and his beautiful poetry which was posted all around the town. Many said it was about Juliet others believed it was about no one but the true meaning changed the perception of others in the town forever. It read: A turtle dove represents love, The turtle is wise and slow While the dove flutters above Attracting the strike of Cupid’s bow True love is a rolling river A boat trip around waves and stones The winds leave us with a shiver Waves rock our bones Each mass around lovers helps with the flow Yet, never does a boulder stop true love's glow The Capulets even accepted Cyrano and his marriage to Juliet despite his horrendous nose and past relations. They looked past Cyrano’s boulder in the river, the boulder that was his nose.
Superficial passion revolves around outward beauty, but true love is always found in the heart. In Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand conveys this truth beautifully. This play follows Cyrano in his quest for love from Roxanne, believing she could not love him due to his oversized nose. Little do they know that she does not truly love the handsome Christian, but rather Cyrano, the master of words.
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” (Confucius) Cyrano’s insecurity of his nose effects his relationship with Roxane. In Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano De Bergerac, Cyrano’s insecure and eloquent self-perception results in Cyrano’s companionship & loving in his relationship with both Christian & Roxane. Cyrano’s level of eloquence helps him combat the insults of his nose. Cyrano is a poetic, witty, & eloquent man who is insecure & has trouble showing his true feelings for Roxane .Cyrano and Christian work together to win Roxane’s heart, and at the end Cyrano allows love to kill him, even after Roxane discovers & reciprocates his feelings.
This shows how Cyrano was proud of his nose and who he was and the way he looked.
A famous man by the name of Kahlil Gibran once said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” It just happens that Cyrano’s heart shined brighter than anyone I have ever known. Through insecurities and heartbreaks, Cyrano would never forget his pride or the feelings of his friends. He never lost his honor and would always bring light into any situation, even when he was near his death. Cyrano displayed many positive traits and values such as loyalty, devotion, selflessness, knowledge, and pride which all contributed to our sympathy towards him.
When we think about the force that holds the world together and what makes humans different from animals, one answer comes to our minds - that humans can love. Love is a state of mind that cannot be defined easily but can be experienced by everyone. Love is very complicated. In fact it is so complicated that a person in love may be misunderstood to be acting in an extremely foolish manner by other people. The complexity of love is displayed in Rostand’s masterpiece drama Cyrano de Bergerac. This is accomplished by two characters that love the same woman and in the course neither one achieves love in utter perfection.
Cyrano de Bergerac is a man of many talents but like most people he also has some flaws. Cyrano is known by many people for his large nose, his great
While reading Cyrano de Bergerac, I found myself often wondering whether or not Cyrano had led a happy life. Actually, I never once wondered that, but that is irrelevant, because Cyrano’s happiness is the focus of this essay. Was he happy? Truth be told, I cannot say for sure. If we look upon his life, it would seem that he was a bit of a martyr, always sacrificing his happiness for the sake of others. This is probably the case, but I do not believe that he led his life with his happiness as any sort of goal. That will be a defining case in my argument. What I really believe is that he simply did not care about his happiness. In that sense, he did not so much sacrifice it, as he annexed and divided it when he saw fit. To a further extent, this apathy towards himself probably came from a low self-worth, almost certainly spawned not from his elephantine nose, but the fair maiden Roxanne. Finally, the nose itself, the very icon of de Bergerac, was probably not the problem that Cyrano believed it to be. All of this, however obscure it may seem, is crucial to the question posed of me now.
his life round than just one woman. On the same night they go out Romeo first sets his eyes on Juliet and it is love at first sight. They are both for Romeo or Juliet when they most need it. The Nurse is totally devoted to Juliet and is also loyal to her.
The Way Juliet Feels in Act 3 Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
The Nurse disregards Juliet’s feelings for Romeo and takes the easy option, telling her to marry Paris, “I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first”. Juliet despises the Nurse for saying this.
has heard of Juliet's death and is so heartbroken that he goes to an apothecary
However, the friar views on the situation is made more distinct when he marries the two and tries to help the two be together. The friar desire to put an end to the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets and believes that marriage between Romeo and Juliet will accomplish this goal. “Juliet has not had to improve; but Romeo, at first a whining lover of himself in the role of lover, passionate but not truly reaching out of himself, has much to learn” (Jorgensen 33). As the story develops, Juliet demonstrates her capability to conquer hardships as she starts to take over her own life and decided to stop living through the decisions of her parents. Because she is in love with Romeo, she is abandoned by her, mother, father, and nurse. She is nearly alone when Romeo is banished. Still, she doesn’t run back, she refuses to go back and live as her parent’s shadow.
Romeo says he is only going to rejoice in splendor of his own. Romeo believes he will only ever be in love with Rosaline. But, what he doesn’t know is he will soon fall in love with a girl named Juliet at the ball.
...th the Country. O, he’s a lovely gentleman!” (3.5 241-247). Although her opinion did not change Juliet’s mine one bit.
The Nurse was also responsible for the tragic ending of the play. When Romeo and Juliet met, the Nurse became their messenger. She helped them be together even though she knew Romeo was a Montague and that Juliet's family would disapprove. The Nurse brought news to Juliet from Romeo telling her to sneak out so they could get married. She helped Juliet get out of her house by bringing her a rope ladder to climb off her balcony with and telling her parents that she went to shrift. The Nurse kept Romeo and Juliet's marriage a secret from the families. When Juliet's parents said she should marry Paris, the Nurse agreed and said that Juliet should forget about Romeo because he was in Mantua. With the Nurse no longer on her side she had no one to help her and back her up but the Friar. In this way she had a large impact on the terrible ending of Romeo and Juliet.