A Beautiful Prison

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A Beautiful Prison

“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.”(Mangham). When said that love is blind, then why do fools fallow beauty. Many a fool has over looked or never seen the heart that hides behind such a silhouette. In the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, and in most daily lives the effect of physical appearance on a person’s life is immense: in that it gives and takes advantages from the characters’ lives. Magdeleine Robin, more commonly known as Roxanne, is widely known for her breath taking figure; however, not many people truly know her. Roxanne’s life is shrouded by the affects of physical persuasion. Her every moment is affected by the way people perceive her physical appearance.

Roxanne becomes intertwined in a dramatic love triangle that turns into a transfixing tragedy. Cyrano, the main character, is Roxanne’s cousin; Cyrano is secretly in love with Roxanne, as made obvious when Cyrano exclaims "She's...

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