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Characteristics of friendship
Good qualities about friends and why
Good qualities about friends and why
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A famous man by the name of Kahlil Gibran once said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” It just happens that Cyrano’s heart shined brighter than anyone I have ever known. Through insecurities and heartbreaks, Cyrano would never forget his pride or the feelings of his friends. He never lost his honor and would always bring light into any situation, even when he was near his death. Cyrano displayed many positive traits and values such as loyalty, devotion, selflessness, knowledge, and pride which all contributed to our sympathy towards him.
One of Cyrano’s most significant traits as a friend was his loyalty. He would always look out for friends in their time of need, which makes the audience feel sympathetic towards him. Because Cyrano is such a loyal friend, the audience feels angry with Roxane for manipulating him, and taking advantage of his loyalty. An example of Cyrano’s loyalty was when Ragueneau’s wife was having an affair with a musketeer, Cyrano confronted her, “Make sure you do./I like your husband, and I don’t intend/To see him made a fool of./Is that clear?”(II.iv.115-118). He stood up for his dear friend, and did not want him be made a joke of. I believe this is important because it shows that he is not only loyal to his friend, but also caring and has strong moral principles. What Lise was doing was wrong, and the author put this part in to emphasize the reader’s sympathy for Cyrano. Later when Ragueneau’s wife left him, Cyrano did not hesitate to support Ragueneau by talking him out of killing himself and providing him with a proper job. Furthermore, as everyone must be aware of, Cyrano was in love with Roxane. But because he was such a trustworthy friend, he agreed to protect Christian...
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Loyal, devoted, selfless, prideful, and knowledgeable. These are just a few of the many traits that will be sincerely missed. The story of Cyrano de Bergerac’s life impeccably emphasized that a positive soul is worth more than a beautiful face. There is currently a lot of media nowadays that highlights the importance of looks and the perfect face. They create products to alter your face and weight and people begin to forget what is really important. We see past the loyalty, the devotion, the selflessness, and go no deeper than our each other’s skin. However, Cyrano saw the good in everyone and he taught people, who may or may not have been in love, what is important in a relationship.
Works Cited
Rostand, Edmond. Cyrano De Bergerac. New York: Harper & Bros., 1936. Sparknotes. Web.
This is partially demonstrated through the internal conflict in Cyrano. In the first act, he, with his incomparable wit and combat expertise, appears to be undefeatable, until confessing his affection for his beautiful cousin to his closest companion in scene five. Cyrano then refuses to admit his admiration to Roxanne because he dreads the thought
If you pay attention to the last scene of each end, it would always end up with Cyrano saying something. The point of view in this play is omniscient which is multiple perspectives. Because this is a play, it is obvious that there will be different point of views. Most of the figurative language is said by Cyrano because of the type of person he is. “ ‘ I’ll be as silent as a tomb. ‘ “ (p. 111). When Roxane didn’t want Cyrano to tell Christian of what he has to do, this is what Cyrano said. This quote is a simile. “ ‘An old acquaintance. We’ve met on the battlefield, among other places. I knew we’d meet again some day, but this time wasn’t the time for it. ‘ ” (p. 195). This quote is a metaphor. Cyrano was about to die, but because he did not want Roxane to worry, he said
After Christian De Neuvillette proves Cyrano De Bergerac that he has fortitude by insulting Cyrano’s extensive nose, Christian hastily apologizes later when Cyrano acknowledged he was the cousin of Roxane. This may be interpreted as an action of remorse, considering Christian did affront the cousin of Roxane; a woman Christian felt adoration towards. The interpretation is partially correct, although stepping into Christian ’s point of view, his loyalty is focused on Roxane. Christian’s reaction to when he figured Cyrano was Roxane’s cousin, revealed a sudden change in attitude towards Cyrano, creating a much lighter and respectful tone in his speech: “I am so glad to meet you
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“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” (Confucius) Cyrano’s insecurity of his nose effects his relationship with Roxane. In Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano De Bergerac, Cyrano’s insecure and eloquent self-perception results in Cyrano’s companionship & loving in his relationship with both Christian & Roxane. Cyrano’s level of eloquence helps him combat the insults of his nose. Cyrano is a poetic, witty, & eloquent man who is insecure & has trouble showing his true feelings for Roxane .Cyrano and Christian work together to win Roxane’s heart, and at the end Cyrano allows love to kill him, even after Roxane discovers & reciprocates his feelings.
I will be the first to say it; Monsieur Cyrano de Bergerac was a proud man, and I mean that in every sense of the word. Now, in some ways, this particular characteristic of his may have been the reason we’re all here today, honoring this fellow man we have all come to know and love. However, I’d like to take the sense of the word in a different light. He was proud, but he had right to be. This man would do anything for those he loved, even if it meant jumping to his imminent death. His skills were far superior to any and every soldier in the royal army, as well as the fact that he won in a battle of hundred men by himself! His ability to think quickly in the face of danger is how he survived every duel he fought, and this is only a single example
In the play, Cyrano is unable to accept his out beauty because he could never accept it. At the end of the play Roxane confesses her love for Cyrano and begs him to accept it, but it is not enough for Cyrano. An example of this is when on the page (133) Cyrano states, “...when
Cyrano de Bergerac is the heroic, courageous, and noble hero of the play. He is known for having a ridiculously enormous nose that makes him self-conscious of his appearance and keeps him from unveiling his love for Roxanne. He portrays the characteristics and qualities of a hero. He helps Christian captivate the heart of the woman he loves as well as saving Ligniere's life by fighting one hundred men. He maintains his loyalty to those important to him. Comte de Guiche is the antagonist of the play. Throughout the play, he shows to be vengeful and manipulative as he tries to make Roxanne his mistress and seeks revenge on Christian and Cyrano for taking Roxanne from him. He uses his position as the Cardinal’s nephew to get what he desires.
He knows he does not possess a poetic tongue but he does not find himself to be incompetent enough to lose her interest. “Why not? I am no fool- you shall see! Besides- my dear friend- you have taught me much. I ought to know something- by God, I know enough to take a woman in my arms” (116). Christian believes he can win over Roxane’s heart without the help of Cyrano as he thinks he has learned plenty from observing and listening to Cyrano. He is confident in her interest for him and heavily relies on his charm and outer beauty to truly win her heart. He thinks of the façade he has with Cyrano as a joke. This façade he and Cyrano had established benefitted both parties as he got the love of the woman he wanted and Cyrano was allowed to voice his true feelings to Roxane. However, the deception the two men have been upholding casted Christian in a shadow as the poetry is what gained Roxane’s interest. "No, I say! I have had enough- taking my words, my letters, all from you- making our
Many critics believe that the play is a tragedy based on the scene in act 4 in which right before Cyrano is going to confess that it was his writing in Christian’s letters and that he was truly in love with her, Christian was shot and killed and Cyrano was too noble to betray Roxane’s view of Christian by telling her the truth. While this scene fits the description of a tragedy in that the story ends unhappily for the protagonist, it is not truly the end of the play. At the end of the play, a time difference of 15 years has passed and Cyrano has visited Roxane at the convent every Saturday all 15 of those years. One day however, a young lackey drops a log on Cyrano, giving him a fatal head trauma. Despite his injury, Cyrano still went to visit Roxane. During this visit he asks Roxane to show him Christian’s goodbye letter. As he reads it aloud to Roxane, she realizes not only does she recognize this voice from an earlier anonymous exchange, but Cyrano could not possibly be reading the letter in the dark- he would have had to have memorized it. At this, she realizes the fallacies she had been believing. Cyrano had been behind the letters all along and it was he who she had loved all along. Confessing this to Cyrano, he was able to die happily knowing she
Furthermore, he compares death to an “old acquaintance” of his and almost makes the two terms synonymous, as an acquaintance is a person who is a slightly close friend and has an unknown and mysterious connotation, which is similar to the obscurity of death. When he tells Roxane who the “acquaintance” was, Cyrano describes how they “met on the battlefield,” meaning that he came close to dying while fighting, also expressing how both death and him would meet again––indirectly stating that moment. Rostand’s purpose for this extreme contrast in ideas reveals how much Cyrano truly cared for Roxane. Hurting on the inside with the true reality of his upcoming death, but hiding it well on the outside, Cyrano still continued to accept his death and chose to use the comparison with a more lively approach, while concealing his truth and not drawing Roxane’s attention. Also, Cyrano almost uses this personification to brush off the fact that he is dying; he respects their limited time together and wants to fulfill his last moments with Roxane without any pain or arguments. Once
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How does the use of comic relief best contrast the tragedy of Hamlet? In great works of literature a comic relief is used as contrast to a serious scene to intensify the overall tragic nature of the play or to relieve tension. As illustrated in Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, intense scenes are joined with character’s banter and vacuous actions as to add a comic relief. In Hamlet, Polonius acts as a comic relief by his dull and windy personality, Hamlet uses his intelligence and his negativity toward the king and queen to create humor, while on the other hand Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are a comic relief by their senseless actions and naïve natures. Polonius, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are all used as a comic relief to increase the ultimate tragic nature of the play.
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