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    Cyrano De Bergerac is a play about a poet who is in love with his cousin named Roxane. The play was set in Paris in the year 1640. Cyrano is in love with Roxane, but is scared she won’t love him because he isn’t beautiful. Roxane falls in love with Cyrano’s words, and claims she would love anyone with words like those. There were a few things that I really enjoyed with this play. I felt that the costumes were all unique and helped with the time period. The Scenic design was outstanding, and helped

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    Cyrano de Bergerac can be seen as an parable of inner and outer beauty. In the play, Cyrano represents inner beauty, whereas Christian exemplifies outer beauty for Roxane’s love. Although Cyrano’s character embodies a confident, vibrant character with many great exterior traits, he still symbolizes inner beauty throughout the play. The play represents inner beauty with integrity and intellect. Where Cyrano possesses inner beauty, Christian doesn’t. They differ in that sense and they also differ in

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    In the Play Cyrano De Bergerac the author contrast the characters against each other to show the theme of inner and outer beauty, and the danger of deception. In play Cyrano, the hero, has all the traits of a Gascon except one. He is not a ladies man, because he believes his large nose makes him undesirable. This self doubt leads to him helping Christian De Neuvillette win Roxanne's love, but it is under false pretense. What Roxanne loves most about Christian is his intellect but, Roxanne only thinks

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    by Cyrano is one of many interesting quotes that the play Cyrano de Bergerac contains. The play is a dramatic comedy written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand about a cadet named Cyrano who has fallen in love with the beautiful women Roxane. On the contrary, Roxanne, which is a movie based off of the play Cyrano de Bergerac, takes place in the 1980’s and takes the same plot. The two stories have many comparisons and contrast in many ways. One example of this is between the two characters Cyrano and

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    is the quality of being honorable; or having morals. In other words, having a code of ethics. In Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano is supposed to be the tragic hero; the protagonist. This really fits his situation in the story because he truly tries to do the right thing and honor his friend but makes one decision he will regret for the rest of his life. In the book, Cyrano falls in love with Roxane, who falls in love with Christian. This love triangle will alter all of them in ways they

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    for Cyrano, the protagonist in the famous comedy, Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand. Cyrano is a French soldier who can create figurative language with a blink of an eye and De Guiche, Cyrano’s colonel, is also a witty person, but is not respected. In this play, Rostand argues that a person with the power of wit cannot conceal their own insecurities. Occasionally, Cyrano unintentionally uses his wit to expose his own insecurities when he feels offended. At the beginning of the play, Cyrano confronted

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    Cyrano de Bergerac vs. Roxanne Shahaan Farrukh The play Cyrano de Bergerac and the modernized movie Roxanne draw many parallels with each other, a major one, of which, are the characters. Only four of the main characters are modernized into this movie, Le Bret into Dixie, Christian into Chris, Roxane into Roxanne, and most blatant, Cyrano and C.D. Bailes. These characters have equivalent traits but have differences that actually make some significant changes in the formula of the play.

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    Cyrano de Bergerac, the Play vs. Roxane, the Movie In an effort to attract the audience of today, the producers of the movie Roxane retold the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rustond in a way that is appropriate and at the same time appealing. In order to give the audience of today a story that they can understand and relate to, the producers have adjusted and manipulated the play itself. As a result, several similarities and differences exist between the play Cyrano de Bergerac and its movie reproduction

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    comedies. This is the case with the play Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand and Roxanne directed by Fred Schepisi. In Cyrano de Bergerac the main character, Cyrano, is in love with a beautiful woman named Roxane. Cyrano is a skilled fighter and poet but Roxane is in love with Christian who is a young cadet. Cyrano helps Christian impress Roxane and Roxane ends up falling deeply in love with Christian due to Cyrano. This leads to Roxane falling in love with Cyrano instead of Christian. In the film Roxanne

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    Rostand, in his play, Cyrano de Bergerac, illustrates the central character’s ceaseless honor conflicting with doubts within himself. Rostand’s purpose is to show that morality and principles are strived for until the end, emphasized with the inclusion of the white scarf. Rostand adopts a comical yet tragic tone in order to describe the situations where honor is seen at high value, but has the potential to accrue danger. The white scarf lays emphasis on the differences between De Guiche and Cyrano’s

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