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Edmond Rostand’s 1897 masterpiece titled Cyrano de Bergerac is full of twists and turns, action, and drama. Rostand’s play also exhibits fantastic character development, boasting several incredible characters, such as Madeleine Robin (Roxane), Christian, and, Cyrano de Bergerac. The latter is the perfect role model and Renaissance man. He is the most admirable character because of his praiseworthy qualities including, but not limited to wit and eloquence, courage, and loyalty.
The first of Cyrano de Bergerac’s numerous admirable qualities is his courage. In the play named after him, Cyrano never backed down from a fight. During his encounter and battle with the Viscomte (Valvert), Cyrano takes on his opponent with confidence and determination, not knowing what he is up against: “It must be eased - it’s getting stiff, and how…/- This comes of leaving it unused. Good Lord!/I’ve got… cramp in my sword!” (1.4.387-389). Another example of his courage is when his friend, Lignière, is nearly ambushed by a hundred men. Cyrano rises to the challenge, exclaiming, "A hundred men, you say? We’ll see you home!” (1.7.556). He fights off the men and creates a safe path for his friend to travel through in order to get back home. Cyrano’s extraordinary courage allows him to do things unimaginably daring by anyone’s standards. His praiseworthy bravery is part of what makes him an ideal role model. At the beginning of the play, in the theatre, the audience gazed as he put on his own show, exhibiting courage and confidence. He received an overwhelming amount of praise for his actions and words, which demonstrates that many people look up to him. Courage is a quality that everyone possesses, but not many decide to exhibit it in public. It enables peop...

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...y be simple, but consistently displaying loyalty is far more difficult. This proves that Cyrano’s loyalty is a significant part of what makes him the most admirable character in the play.
Though Cyrano de Bergerac is filled with well-developed characters of many qualities, the protagonist, Cyrano, is the most admirable of all by reason of his courage, wit and eloquence, and loyalty. These three character traits play a huge part in what makes Cyrano a role model and the perfect “Renaissance man”. All of Cyrano’s aforementioned admirable personality traits are qualities, which all of us should be exhibiting consistently. Ideally, society would be full of witty, daring, and loyal individuals. No role models would be needed because admirable qualities would become a standard for all. Alas, no such utopia exists as of yet, but people such as Cyrano keep the dream alive.