Cyrano De Bergerac And O Were I Desire

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George Sand once said, “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” Many people struggle to find the love of their life, and once they find it, they end out feeling much happier. Edmond Rostand’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “O Were I Loved as I Desire to be” both tell how love takes a lot of effort, but it is always worth the hard work, but they tell the reader about this in different ways. Edmond Rostand uses symbolism and stage directions, and Alfred Lord Tennyson uses imagery and personification to lead the reader to the theme. Both works have a theme telling how love takes a lot of work, but it is always worth it in the end. A fitting example of this would be from Cyrano’s conversation with Christian. Christian told Cyrano that he wanted his wit, and Cyrano said “Borrow it, then! Your beautiful young manhood-lend me that, and we two will make one hero of romance”(Rostand, 99). This line from “Cyrano de Bergerac” clearly shows that love isn’t always obtainable without help, because Christian gains Roxane’s love by using Cyrano’s poetic style. Two lines from “O’ Were I loved as I Desire to be” also contributes to the theme very well. These lines say, “Apart upon a mountain, …show more content…

He says, “Flung leagues of roaring foam into the gorge below us, as far as eye could see”(Tennyson, lines 13 and 14). These last lines of the poem show the potential danger that can come up if the speaker tries to reach the one he loves. It represents how love can conquer any obstacle. The poet also uses personification by saying that “Clear love would pierce and cleave, if thou wert mine”(Tennyson, line 6). Personification is used in this poem to show how powerful true love can be. Both stories expertly show how difficult it can be to achieve love, but how powerful it is once

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