Cyrano De Bergerac Character Analysis

By then, it was too late because he was dying. Cyrano let Roxane believe the man she loved was dead, but as a matter of fact, the beautiful soul she fell in love with was

From the play Cyrano de Bergerac, two of the main characters are at odds fighting to win the heart of the same girl. Cyrano and Christian play as competing romantic heroes in their story, both hopeless dreamers of love and lust, both bold in their own aspects as well as incredibly insecure all at once. They also share the quality of great loyalty, and willingness to drop anything to come to the rescue of a friend. Physically, they are opposites; Christian is beautiful, and Cyrano thinks himself an atrocity. Their intellectual capabilities are also at completely different ends of the spectrum; Christian is a bumbling fool, and Cyrano can become a master at whatever task he chooses. In the aspect of poetry and the art of words, Cyrano is a true Shakespeare, and Christian is the equivalent of a second grader at best. These characters seem to be foils and, at the same time, they are wildly alike.

Cyrano sacrifices his life, "Risk your life every morning before breakfast to send a letter,” when sending his letters to Roxane (Rostand 130). Cyrano puts himself in danger multiple times a day just to contact Roxane. He risks his life for Roxane, who isn’t even in love with him. This action portrays Cyrano as a character who is willing to do anything for someone he loves dearly. In another instance, Cyrano sacrifices his life knowingly, so he can see his love, Roxane, one last time by, “[he] has killed himself, Madame, coming here” (190). This action reveals that Cyrano cares more about Roxane than the wellbeing of himself. He wants to make Roxane happy, so he gives up his life for her. This example of selfless sacrifice characterizes Cyrano as being courageous and honorable. Cyrano’s selfless sacrifices demonstrates that he is willing to give up something sacred for something he believes is greater than

Love is represented in many shapes and ideas based on social context as well as those caught within. William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew as well as its adaptation 10 Things I Hate About You by Gil Junger, represent their respective ideas on love which shares its similarities and differences, both portraying love in their own forms. Both texts highlight the ideals of love in their context as well as one of the main courtships, Katharina and Petruchio, involved in love, portraying their values of love.

Although Perry senselessly murdered a family of four, Capote skillfully humanizes Perry and makes him relatable; therefore, he asserts that being human means making moral decisions, and in doing so, existing in a constant state of ethical evolution.

This is easily proven with the fact that even with Cyrano’s constant persuasion, Christian eventually feels that he needs to tell the truth about his deception with the love letters to Roxane. This continues until Roxane has to figure it out herself when she realizes, “.... How can you read now? It’s dark. And for fourteen years you played the part of an old friend who came to be amusing!... It was you,” (171-172) In actuality, Christian is a regular, fictional character in love. He’s willing to do anything to impress Roxane, but Cyrano’s deception continues, even after Christian’s death, for his own personal gain. Christian’s character also displays self-esteem issues when it comes to his personality, even if he obviously excels in physical attributes, as shown here, “Then she may be one of those aesthetes… Intellectuals, you call them — How can I talk to a woman in that style? I have no wit. This fine manner of speaking and of writing nowadays — Not for me! I am a soldier — and afraid,” (77-82).

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand is about two men named Cyrano and Christian. Cyrano is a gallant soldier, brilliant, witty, poet with many tragedies, lover with a face that does not match his personality. Christian is the opposite of Cyrano. Christian has really good looks, however he lacks intelligence and wit. Cyrano and Christian are both in love with Cyrano’s cousin, Roxane. Roxane is a very beautiful and smart woman. Cyrano and Christian worked together to try to get Roxane to love Christian. Cyrano and Christian both went to war with the Cadets. Christian unfortunately dies after getting shot. Cyrano comforted Roxane and acted like her “gazette” when Christian died. Even though Cyrano is in love with Roxane he still mourns Christian’s

This made Roxane not fall in love for Christian by his looks but instead by his personality. Roxane changes throughout the story by changing the way she loves him from looks too personality. This was a great way to make Roxane fall in love with Christian faster. Christian made Roxane fall more in love with him with the help of his good friend Cyrano.

You ask me whom I love? The answer should be clear to you! Whom else would I love but the most beautiful woman in the world?” (Act one, Scene V, Page 49) Cyrano feels that Roxane is one of a kind and like a god to him. His insecurity plays a big part on him feeling she’s too good for him, and that he dreams and can only dream of being with her. The Duenna tells Cyrano that Roxane wants to speak with him about something in private. Cyrano agrees to meet Roxane at Ragueneau’s shop, knowing all of this is about to happen Cyrano becomes worried and over whelmed. “The Duenna: My lady wishes me to ask her valiant cousin where she can see him in private. Cyrano: see me? The Duenna: Yes. She has things to tell you. When she leaves the church, where can she go to talk with you? Cyrano: Where? . . . I . . . My God! . . . Where? Cyrano: At . . . at Ragueneau’s shop Ragueneau, the pastry cook . . . . Cyrano: Me! She wants to see me! Le Bret: I see your sadness has vanished! Cyrano: Ah, for whatever reason, she knows I exist! Le Bret: Please be calm. Cyrano: No! I’m going to be frenzied and turbulent! I need a whole army to vanish! I have ten hearts , twenty arms! It’s no longer enough for me to cut down dwarfs . . .I need giants!” (Act one, Scene VI, page(s) 52-54) Le Bret tries to calm down Cyrano. Cyrano’s insecurity gets in the way once again & he is frightened to speak to Roxane. He finally

As the play progresses, we are shown various incidents in the play which elicit emotional responses from the reader: the longing Cyrano has for Roxane; his belief that he can never have her because of his appearance; a comical intervention as Christian gets a nose up on Cyrano; Cyrano and Christian working together to court Roxane; the author of the letters to Roxane being unknown to her; the passionate speech which Cyrano delivers to Roxane from behind the shrub; the existence of the cadets in such grim conditions; the death of Christian; the final resolution of Cyrano's love for Roxane and his death.

Edmond Rostand 's Cyrano de Bergerac is considered to be a Chivalric Romance but it also contains humor throughout. The play uses comedy throughout all of the acts for a variety of reasons. Cyrano who is the main character of the play is also the largest comic influence. With Cyrano, we see him develop through comedy and learn more about his character with it, and it is not only used by Cyrano but also many other characters. Comedy is used in a variety of ways throughout Cyrano de Bergerac such as wordplay and sarcasm. The comedy is all used for different reasons, nevertheless, the humor in Cyrano plays an important role in the play.

In Cyrano de Bergerac, the complexity of love is displayed through Roxane, Christian, and Cyrano’s characters. Cyrano loves Roxane more than anyone else in the world, but he’s too shy to tell her, due to feeling so ugly because of his very large, very long nose. At first, Cyrano has Eros for Roxane, or sexual attraction.

Throughout the play Cyrano de Bergerac written by Edmond Rostand, the audience comes to hold dearly the heart of the protagonist, Cyrano a strong man with a rather gargantuan nose. It is through discussions and insults concerning his physical attributes that the audience discovers he is in fact in love with the woman he has held close to his heart for many friendly years, his cousin Roxane. Completely unbeknownst to Roxane, Cyrano’s love and admiration for her is not simply on a relative scale as she perceives it to be, but rather the much more drastic level of physical, emotional, and intellectual attraction. As the play is centered on the life of Cyrano, the audience comes to understand the sincerity of the love he feels and devotion he has for his relative and ultimately concludes that he is in fact worthy of the affection from the woman he truly adores. However, is Roxane truly worthy of such a man’s adulation, when in fact her unattainability ever steadily nibbles at Cyrano’s heart making him ultimately feel undeserving of her?

Both Kitty and Veda pretended to fall in love so that they would be able to take their lover’s work and money. Helen/Velma’s unhealthy double life with two lovers also puts her into a world of hurt. All three of these films and characters bring up a theme of distrust and unfaithfulness in relationships. One should realize when their partner doesn’t have feelings for them and that they are only being used for the partner’s gain and immediately step out of that situation. In Chris’ case, it was far too late as infatuation clouded his thoughts until Kitty told him the truth.

“The course of true love never did run smooth,” comments Lysander of love’s complications in an exchange with Hermia (Shakespeare I.i.136). Although the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream certainly deals with the difficulty of romance, it is not considered a true love story like Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare, as he unfolds the story, intentionally distances the audience from the emotions of the characters so he can caricature the anguish and burdens endured by the lovers. Through his masterful use of figurative language, Shakespeare examines the theme of the capricious and irrational nature of love.