How Is Cyrano A Romantic Hero

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Have you ever done something heroic, but let a friend take credit?How did it make you feel? Good, but a tad bit bitter and sad? Or how about being in love with someone and watching them love someone else?I think everyone can agree that is one of the most heartbreaking things of all. But What about both at the same time?That’s the plot of the interesting tale of Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It tells the tale in which the main character Cyrano, is in love with his cousin, Roxane. Cyrano is a great person, and a classic romantic hero. He is brave, kind, smart, and great with words. The only barrier that stops him from confessing his love for her is his nose. It is extremely big and is his biggest flaw (in his opinion). But besides …show more content…

Christian is great, but he has a hard time expressing his feelings to Roxane. Whenever he talks to her all he can say is that he loves her, and although he is brave, he is not the brightest. Seeing his friend struggle, Cyrano offers to help Christian by writing letters to Roxane, pretending to be him. Little does Christian know that Cyrano is speaking from his heart, and that he also is in love with Roxane. Together they form one perfect guy, Cyrano with the brains( writing the letters) , Christian with the brawn ( basically just being handsome). But one day when Roxane visits the soldiers with food, Christian realizes that Cyrano is in love with Roxane. Cyrano denies it profusely, but Christian knows he is lying He tells Cyrano to tell Roxane the truth about the letters then let her decide who she loves.Cyrano lies and tells Christian that Roxane chose him. All of a sudden, Christian gets shot and is dying. Cyrano lies and tells christian that he told her and she chose him so he would die happy. .About a decade later, Cyrano is walking in the street, and by this time in his life he has several enemies. One of these enemies drops a wooden board from a window on …show more content…

Mirriam webster defines an idealist as “An attitude of a person who believes that it is possible to live according to very high standards of behavior and honesty”.Cyrano lives his life with high standards and always does what he believes to be right.. To me, integrity is choosing how you live your life based on your moral standards, not just on how it will benefit you. He shows his artistic integrity by refusing to sell his work for money. He believes that his poetry is from the heart and cannot be bought or sold. He doesn’t want to be tied down by the powerful chains of money and its effects.(378)For example when De Guiche offers to help him sell his play, but have the person change a few lines cyrano exclaims, “ Impossible, Sir, my blood curdles at the thought of having a single comma changed.” (Act 2 pg.378) I think that this is an admirable trait to have, because it's gutsy and takes a lot of courage to not to accept

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