Evelyn Klassen Mrs. Justus HS English 5/22/24. “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman” -Melinda Gates #2 In Cyrano De Bergerac, we #SV observe an exceptional depiction of a female character, W/W which is truly remarkable in such an ancient play. Cyrano De Bergerac is a famed drama written by Edmond Rostand. Rostand was a French poet and dramatist best known for the above-mentioned drama, which he penned in 1897. Cyrano De Bergerac is a romantic tragedy with main themes of love, honor, and self-sacrifice. The drama is a fictionalization of the life of the real Cyrano, a French playwright and duelist in the 17th century. Written in verse, Cyrano closely follows the classical Alexandrine form. Rostand’s meticulously researched …show more content…
The female protagonist is Roxane, Cyrano’s cousin. She is portrayed as beautiful, charismatic, and witty. Rostand allows her to play a role in the drama as more than a mindless love interest and gives her personality, despite her role being simply that of the love interest. #2 In Paris in 1640, Cyrano de Bergerac, a skilled poet and swordsman, is in love with his cousin Roxane but feels unable to confess his feelings due to his #QA enormous and impending nose. Christian is a handsome but ineloquent nobleman and cadet who is also in love with Roxane. Cryano gets involved in a duel and wins, impressing Roxane. She later #SV confesses her love for Christian to Cyrano. Cyrano agrees to protect him, and he also converses with Christian and chooses to help him court Roxane through love letters secretly created by Cyrano. Roxane and Christian decide to marry #’ly secretly. The cadets then get sent to the war, W/W which leaves Roxane #SV distressed for her new husband's safety. #4 During the war, Cyrano continues to write letters to Roxane on Christian's behalf, risking his life every day. #6 When Christian dies in battle, Cyrano cannot confess his feelings to Roxane. Years later, Cyrano visits Roxane at a …show more content…
Roxane, still in mourning for Christian, wears his last love letter (actually written by Cyrano) in a necklace. She requests Cyrano read it to her, and as he takes his last breath she realizes he is the one she fell in love with. Cyrano De Bergerac is a play about love, loss, and honor, and the two protagonists are dynamic and interesting characters. Central to the plot of the drama is the love interest Roxane. Rostand depicts her as a multi-faceted character and throughout the drama her decisions and actions are based around love but are intelligent and #QA astute, though she is still only there to act as a love interest. Rostand describes Roxane as a beautiful and charming woman who catches the eye of many men, but he also dares to give her personality. She is witty and perceptive and she #SV constructs schemes and plans. She is given a voice, which is rare for female roles in older and even modern media. She even passes the Bechdel test by having a conversation with her Duena about something other than men (CITATION). Throughout the drama Roxane makes wise choices, though they are all based around romance. #6 When she falls in love, she does so at first only for looks, but she #’ly quickly makes clear that she is
The plot in both the movie and the book are similar. In both, Cyrano is trying to help Roxanne and Christian fall in love with each other, even though he loves Roxanne. Cyrano writes letters to Roxanne telling her how much he loves her, pretending to be Christian. He loves Roxanne, but feels that he is ugly and could never get her to love him back because of his huge nose.
Ever been to Paris, France in the year 1640? No? Well neither have I, but I have been residing in the United States in modern times. I related more to this version of Cyrano de Bergerac because the settings are familiar. In the original version there is a sword fight at a theater. Well for one, most people nowadays have the mind set that sword fights are for the aristocrats and Romeo and Juliet. Roxanne has fist fights and many events happen in a bar. I?ve seen fist fights and I have been in a bar and grill which is why I can relate to Roxanne. Another modern twist to Roxanne is the occupations of the characters. The fire figh...
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.
1. Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac is a classy, intelligent man who writes for a living and his role is that he serves as the gateway for Christian to be with Roxane. Cyrano is so significance because he is stuck in a love problem where he has to help Christian, through his writings to get him and Roxane together but Cyrano also loves Roxane in which he can’t be known that the letters Roxane thinks Christian wrote are actually Cyrano’s feelings. Cyrano is a very intelligent, noble, skillful swordsman who is full of knowledge and creativity to allow him to write his writings. Cyrano shows loving character because he delivers a letter to Roxane every day, of his own feelings and helpful when helping Christian and his struggles with
“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.
First and foremost is the appeal to emotions. All of the other facets of romanticism can be related to the emotional appeal in Cyrano de Bergerac. Because strong emotional appeal is perhaps the most important method used by the author to create identity with the reader, especially in romantic works, the actions which elicit the emotional responses must, then, show a great deal about the character. The character's motives and philosophies can be determined through his actions. Because Cyrano de Bergerac was written in the romantic style, certain intellectual and emotional principles exist throughout the play, which will now be observed in depth.
Society tends to misjudge people base on their appearances instead of their personality. This can be seen in the play Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. In which Roxane represents that vile aspect of society. Roxane is attracted to Christian based on his looks, and under minds Cyrano because of his appearance. Society misjudgment of people cause oppression on an individual and it is from oppression and misjudgment f character that causes self consciousness to be born. Cyrano exhibits this self consciousness by helping Christian. Such oppression or self conscious aids to form magnificent characteristics attributes such as the ones portrayed by Cyrano throughout the novel. After all of its societies misjudgment that causes Cyrano to be the character that he is.
Few words can be more humorous, or more upsetting, than a well thought out and witty phrase. The only skill that matches Cyrano’s skill with a sword, is his skill with his tongue. With a wit unmatched by any poet, Cyrano made enemies wherever he went, simply by out-smarting all who came against him. In the first act of the play, Cyrano crashes a performance of the well-known actor Montfluery. After many insults, Cyrano heaps upon them by saying, “I would never venture out in public with a soiled conscience, a tarnished honor, or scruples grimy and dull. I do not adorn myself with gems and ribbons, like you. Instead, I decorate myself with truth, independence, and a clean soul.”
One of Cyrano’s most significant traits as a friend was his loyalty. He would always look out for friends in their time of need, which makes the audience feel sympathetic towards him. Because Cyrano is such a loyal friend, the audience feels angry with Roxane for manipulating him, and taking advantage of his loyalty. An example of Cyrano’s loyalty was when Ragueneau’s wife was having an affair with a musketeer, Cyrano confronted her, “Make sure you do./I like your husband, and I don’t intend/To see him made a fool of./Is that clear?”(II.iv.115-118). He stood up for his dear friend, and did not want him be made a joke of. I believe this is important because it shows that he is not only loyal to his friend, but also caring and has strong moral principles. What Lise was doing was wrong, and the author put this part in to emphasize the reader’s sympathy for Cyrano. Later when Ragueneau’s wife left him, Cyrano did not hesitate to support Ragueneau by talking him out of killing himself and providing him with a proper job. Furthermore, as everyone must be aware of, Cyrano was in love with Roxane. But because he was such a trustworthy friend, he agreed to protect Christian...
The protagonist: Cyrano and the rest of the major characters: Christian, and Roxane. Cyrano was a man of many talents, he was a great poet, and a remarkable sword fighter, in the quote, “He’s an extraordinary man, isn’t he? The most delightful man under the sun” PG. 18, it conveys how Cyrano is even admired by those around him. However, Cyrano always lived by his idea in self-worth, Cyrano is very intelligent and skilled, but he lacks in self confidence which is revealed in the quote, “My friend, I have bad moments now and then, feeling myself so ugly, all alone….” PG.50. In addition to Cyrano we have Christian, the other half of Cyrano or can also be seen as Cyrano’s “outer beauty”. Christian is a handsome man who is also in love with Roxane but does not have the intelligence and courage to speak to her as seen in the quote, “I may have a certain quick, soldiery wit, but with women I’m always at a loss for anything to say.”PG.101. After meeting Christian, Cyrano uses this coincidence to help Christian by being his “conscience” or “inner beauty”, while Christian is Cyrano’s “outer beauty”. Furthermore we have Roxane, the beautiful and intelligent Roxane, whom almost everyone is in love with. The plot of the play surround solely around Roxane, Cyrano and Christian’s endeavor is to win Roxane’s love, and the ending of the play is determined by Roxane’s concept in
The theme of this play is inner beauty and outer beauty. In the beginning of Cyrano de Bergerac, it seems like the theme focuses heavily on outer beauty. As you continue to read on, the play actually puts more emphasis in inner beauty. Symbolism is very important in this play. The letters written by Cyrano symbolizes Cyrano’s inner beauty because what you write comes from your soul which is shaped by your personality. Cyrano’s nose symbolizes his ugliness and his insecurity. Because Cyrano knows Roxane would never consider him because of his nose, he decides to help Christian since Cyrano believes he can help Christian win Roxane’s heart. “
He pulls off this great look, but once you get t o know him you realize that he is not the most intelligent person. Christian according to Roxane is “proud, brave, and noble.”(II.vi.178) But, Christian says “I’m so stupid, I could die of shame.”(II.x.464) Christian is brave considering he is a part of the army and he does go to war. He is noble in the way that he is willing to give up Roxane for Cyrano since Roxane only loves Christian for his looks. He tells Cyrano to tell Roxane of the plan that they had made because Roxane had told Christian that if he was ugly she would still love him. That meant that she did not just love him for his looks anymore. He is not the brightest considering that he thought he could make Roxane swoon without the help of Cyrano. He tries and fails dramatically, she does not want to talk him so Cyrano has to come to the rescue and fix it all for Christian. Christian is called “handsome”(II.x.464) by Roxane when she is describing him to Cyrano. Also, Cyrano says, “…the boy is handsome, damn him!.” (II.x.459) When he and Christian are alone after Christian was insulting his nose while Cyrano was telling the cadets his story of the fight. Roxane fell for Christian just for his looks, he is handsome and his looks and Roxane’s beauty would go well together if you were just looking at looks. The Cadets were together listening to Cyrano’s fighting story, but every time Cyrano would say something Christian would interrupt and make fun of Cyrano’s nose. Eventually, Cyrano gets annoyed with it and tells all the Cadets to leave but Christian. But, instead of killing Christian he embraces him into a hug and goes on to tell him that he is handsome and basically perfect for Roxane.Christian says that he “loves her so”(I.ii.66) when he is talking to Lingière. Then he goes on to describe what he thinks she is like saying, “I’m sure she is clever, one of those
Cyrano De Bergerac is an inspiring play based on a tragic love. The characters are revealed within unique backgrounds, creating life and depth between our imaginations. There are a variety of important characters throughout the play besides Cyrano De Bergerac. The play consists of more important characters than Christian De Neuvillette, although he is the most admirable. Three admirable qualities that Christian possessed are courtesy, modesty and bravery.
This is not fate nor coincidence. In complete control of his life, Cyrano is arrogant, deceptive, and hesitant in his actions; this ultimately leads to the great tragedy. As a result, we conclude that Cyrano has technically jeopardized himself. If Cyrano had not been so stubborn when he refused to be under De Guiche’s patronage, had not been so generous to feign the love letters for Christian, and had he not been so hesitatant when he deciding to confess his love to Roxane, the tragedy could become a romantic love story with a sweet ending. Again, Cyrano must hold all the responsibility for his actions and he must recognize that only he is to blame for this tragedy.
A book to love but hate, A Thousand Splendid Suns, it was written by Khaled Hosseini about two young girls and their life in Afghanistan. Mariam is the first girl introduced to the reader and the main focus until part two where Laila is introduced. The two soon come together through Rasheed, an abusive man whom they both marry. Through out this book it can be seen that man has the capacity for both good and evil through many aspects of the book including the tone.