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    Cyrano Comparison Paper In the movie “Roxanne” and in the play “Cyrano de Bergerac” there are a lot of differences, and a lot of similarities. Even though the people have similar names, you can still tell the plot is the same. Some of the changes are good, and some make the plot more dramatic. Some of the changes make the movie more intense and some will disappoint you. One of the biggest differences in “Roxanne” and “Cyrano de Bergerac” is the time period. The movie, “Roxanne” is based America

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    Do you need to be attractive and smart to catch someone’s eye? In the book Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand emphasizes a theme of inner beauty and outer beauty in two protagonists who struggle with confidence in what they lack. The pressure of insecurities that come along with needing to have both outer and inner beauty is illustrated through Christian's apprehensiveness in intellectual doing, and Cyrano's unattractive appearance as they try to win Roxane's affection. While Christian’s looks may

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    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

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    Comparing Cyrano de Bergerac and the Movie, Roxanne      Isn't it easier to accept the idea that a main character would be engaged in a fist fight, rather than a sword fight? Aren't fire fighters, as characters, more believable than a bunch of olden day French cadets? I certainly think so. To me it is just more real to have the setting of a story in modern times and in the United States. Rostand's Cyrano De Bergerac is written about a time that no one alive now has experienced. There is the same

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    D'Aristote In Cyrano De Bergerac, written originally by Edmond Rostand in French and translated to English by Brian Hooker, Cyrano de Bergerac stars in an epic of his fictional life as a high minded man. Aristotle, a great philosopher, states that a high minded man must have a mind that is concerned with all great things. Now, what are these "great things"? There are plenty of great things that a high minded man must value. I have chosen to explore three of them to show that Cyrano is an example

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    Two Cities by Charles Dickens and Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, the respective characters Sydney Carton and Cyrano de Bergerac experience a loss. This loss comes in a form of unrequited love, where they are both unable to be loved by the one they recognize as their true loves. Due to their experiences with unrequited love, both Sydney Carton and Cyrano are led to the discovery of their own inner strengths as well as self-sacrifice. Both Sydney and Cyrano are very smart and talented characters

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    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

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    Cyrano de Bergerac is an epic play written by Edmond Rostand, for which he derived his idea based on the story from real-life character, Cyrano. In this play, Cyrano is depicted as a slightly different protagonist, or the main character. Rostand managed to draw several changes in order to heighten the dramatic effect of forming the theatrical figure with significant characteristics that are central to the interpretation of the whole play. Rostand wrote this play as a tragicomedy in which he combined

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    in his play, Cyrano De Bergerac, writes the dramatic play which pushes the character to become their true selves and teach moral lessons on true beauty. Rostand’s purpose is to enhance his readers experience and draw the reader closer to deeper moral lessons within the play. Rostand creates dramatic symbols to entice his readers to truly understand his characters he has created and how they impact the narrative. This symbolism is very predominant within Rostand’s Cyrano De Bergerac. One symbol in

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    Cyrano de Bergerac: Public vs. Private Human beings are like a two sided coin. In one flip, a person can be kind and generous, and the in the next, they can be difficult and temperamental. In Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano, the protagonist, shows two distinctly different sides of himself throughout the play. By briefly examining Cyrano’s behavior in public with groups, privately with men, and privately with women, the reader will see that Cyrano’s behavior in public is a warrior, and

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