Humorous Wedding Speech: Monsieur Cyrano De Bergerac

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

His daily speech itself was recited so gracefully and beautifully, he would have those around him in tears; whether it be from sorrow or pure hilarity. He fought a man upon the stage in the theatre and constructed an entire ballad to undermine his opponent in a matter of minutes! If that doesn’t show this single man’s poetic genius I have no idea what would! The passion his words embodied was always of the highest degree, as we would expect nothing less from a man of his prowess. His lines, his words, his pure emotion in everything he had ever written or said is displayed exquisitely, as we would expect it to be from a man like

Now, aside from the prideful man we know him as, he was very independent, and refused to take the help of others. This may have led to his downfall, refusing the aid when he truly needed help. However he acted like this because he believed he was capable of handling his own issues, therefore refusing other’s assistance when he was asked. In his final year, he always refused the sisters’ offerings for food whenever they asked him. He would go days on end without eating, leaving me to worry about his health when he was not around. Due to this, I was always afraid he would disappear before I had a chance to say goodbye… as I once had not had the chance in my younger years for