Unrequited Love: A Tale of Two Cities, and Cyrano de Bergerac

By now, it is obvious to the readers that Cyrano is in love with Roxane, but not to Christian. He is very oblivious to the whole situation but eventually figures it all out. It should

(Page 102) Here Roxanne ask Cyrano to protect Christian and not let him get in any duels to keep him safe. Cyrano agrees to do this because of Roxanne’s request of him to do so. He hides his love for her in protecting Christian. He feels that through him protecting Christian it will make her happy.

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

When first meeting with Mr. Lorry to discuss her father, Lucie creates an everlasting first impression by simply showing consideration for his wisdom. During the meeting at her house, Lucie initially “curtseyed to him [Lorry] with a pretty desire to convey to him that she felt how much older and wiser he was than she” (Dickens 25). Greeting Mr. Lorry in such a respectful way helps Mr. Lorry to also respect himself. Later in the novel, Lucie shows a type of respect for Carton that he has never before received. When Carton asks Lucie if she will listen to his difficulties, Lucie responds, “If it will do you any good, Mr. Carton, if it would make you happier, it would make me very glad!” (Dickens 155). This type of love that Lucie gives Carton helps him believe that someone actually cares for his feelings and therefore changes his depressing outlook. Communicating with admiration and esteem to people who do not often receive it allows Lucie to make an impact on multiple lives.

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).

The quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson “‘tis better to have loved and lost than to have never have loved at all.” is very powerful and very true. From the story How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy provides evidence of the truth of this quote and is also presented in the story The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. These two stories highlight the life lessons of loving something and losing it compared to not having had it at all. This quote can also be put into real life because everyone needs to make a few mistakes in order to learn and losing something allows for life lessons as well. Tennyson’s quote can be applied to a lot of things in life, like literature and even reality.

In Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano De Bergerac, characters discuss about poetry, writings, eloquence, war, bravery and love. The main character, Cyrano is a noble man. People love him because he fearlessly shows his eloquence at the Hotel de Bourgogne Theatre one day. Since that day, everyone loves to hear his poetry and words he has to say. He is excellent in words and admired by many people. Throughout the play, Cyrano struggles with his large nose that became a stumbling block to embrace true love. Although he is homely, he should have taken the risk in telling Roxane about his love so she will not fall in love with Christian.

Cyrano was a very brave man even if he was ugly he stood up to people. In act one scene four Cyrano said

Cyrano’s level of eloquence helps him combat the insults of his nose. The Meddler is

Appeal to emotions, individualism, and intellectual achievement were three important elements of Romanticism. This essay will explore the degree to which Cyrano de Bergerac exemplifies these elements of Romanticism.

One of the most well-known scenes in Cyrano De Bergerac is his monologue about his nose. He makes Jokes about his nose after being insulted about it by Valvert. The insult was not great and Cyrano improved on it with his

Often love partnerships are built on the common ground of similar interests, or philosophical or religious beliefs. Yet in Cyrano’s case, it was much more than a matching of interests; he was compelled by the depth of his feelings. Cyrano

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?

That you should here repent you’. After his silly prologue the court start to make comments about his punctuation he puts the full stops in the wrong places Hipployta says that he is like a child on a recorder act 5 scene 1 lines 122-123. All of this adds to the humour.