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    Throughout literature, death scenes often portray a deeper meaning in relation to a theme or life lesson. This is especially visible in Cyrano de Bergerac, a play by Edmond Rostand. The play surrounds Cyrano, a man with a tragically large nose but excellent linguistic skills. He loves a woman named Roxane, but is unable to reveal his true feelings because he is so ashamed of his outward appearance. Roxane instead, loves a handsome man named Christian who is not as witty and skilled poetically like

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    The play Cyrano de Bergerac, written by Edmond Rostand, was written based on the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. Even so, the setting of the story itself contributed greatly to the character Cyrano de Bergerac and the development of the story itself. Overall, the play has very specific stage directions and gives a very detailed description of the setting for every scene. This helps the character develop as the story continues, while also giving background and mood to that scene in which it

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    The play Cyrano de Bergerac written by Edmond Rostand was written based off the life of the real Cyrano de Bergerac. Even so, the setting of the story itself contributed greatly to the character Cyrano de Bergerac and the development of the story itself. Overall, the play has very specific stage directions and gives a very detailed description to the setting for every scene. This helps the character develop as the story continue and while also giving background and mood to that scene in which

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    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

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    Looks can be a very determining factor, and sometimes people's appearances can affect what she or he can or can not do in society and what they do to fit into it. The play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, is a good example of how this idea is put into play. The main character, Cyrano de Bergerac, is portrayed as a hideous person, because of the size of his nose. As someone who does not fit with in society, yet he changes his morals, attitude, and personality to make up for his grotesque appearance

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    decisions that one makes throughout his or her life. Within a prestigious work of tragic literature, a character is seen as the epitome of the intricacy that insecurity has as he endeavors to indirectly win his Corazon’s love. Such a theme is portrayed in Edmond Rostand’s play, Cyrano de Bergerac, which takes place in seventeenth century France, a time of valor and romanticism. The protagonist, Cyrano, is so fixated on his hideous nose that he allows it to upstage his virtuous traits that could enable him

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    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

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    Thomas Tiger Zhong Mr. K. Pando English 2 1 June 2015 Inside and Outside In the book Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, the most important recurring theme is that inner beauty and outer beauty are equally important. For example, Cyrano, a poet, a swordsman, a scientist, a playwright, also a musician, is full of inner beauty, as Le Bret described Cyrano “such a poet--such a man” (193) Cyrano’s intelligent words could make people he liked laugh, also make people he disliked feel ashamed. However

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    Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand it is a about a man named Cyrano with an abnormally sized nose that battles self-confidence, love, and loyalty throughout the novel. He is met with different challenges throughout the novel, such as inner and outer conflicts. He tries to win the woman he loves, but she is in love with someone else. Roxanne thinks she is in love with Christian but all the while it is really Cyrano she is falling in love with, Roxanne just doesn’t know it. Throughout the novel

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    Sometimes in life, it takes a tragic scenario for us to learn a lesson. In the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, the plot tells of a man named Cyrano who has a large nose and is unable to reveal his love to a woman named Roxane, so he poses under the name of a “handsome” man named Christian to win Roxane’s love. The two use what they lack from each other to eventually win her love, but the deaths of both Christian and Cyrano in the end reveal that if one loves and cares about someone, then

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