Cyrano and de Bergerac Cyrano is an amazing character and it is outstanding he is the main character in this play. The author of Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand, did a good job depicting him as a respectable person. He is just a great person and many people respect him and see him as a great and glorious guy. SMART says, “He is a man endowed with extraordinary gifts as well as an admirable figure in honor, justice courage, loyalty, and self-sacrifice. (McCavley).The people also fear him which they should since he is so great. Everyone seems to only say really amazing and great things about him except for his enemies of course, but no one really seems to like them so I would not really count. Cyrano is so great that people haft to make fun of his only flaw so that they can try to look good in his presence but it does not really work well. Cyrano is really intelligent and the best person in this play. He is really good at coming up with great and charming things to say to females. This Christian de Neuvilette fellow comes up to Roxane and keeps trying to impress her with his good looks. He does have better looks than Cyrano but he is nowhere near Cyrano’s level in charm and charisma. At first Roxane is fooled by his devilish tricks and she thinks she is in love with him. She is tricking herself into thinking Cyrano is like a brother when she secretly knows inside he is way more than a brother in how great he is. Cyrano is good at talking to women like when he is talking with Roxane: If, leaving Cupid’s arrows, quivers, torches, We turned to seek for sweeter—fresher things! Instead of sipping in a pygmy glass Dull fashionable water—did we try How the soul slakes its thirst in fearless draught By drinking from the river’s flooding ... ... middle of paper ... ... make sure to pay attention to Cyrano most of all because all of the other characters are nothing compares to Cyrano. If anyone has any doubts in thinking Cyrano is not all that great, even after reading this entire paper about him than that person is insane! There is so much things he did that make him a great person and even though he has his flaws his greatness outweighs it by far. That is why Cyrano is the greatest character in this play. Works Cited McCavley, Janie Caves, “Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac.” SMART. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones UP, November 2004. Print. McCavley, Janie Caves, “Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac.” SMART. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones UP, November 2004. Print. Rostand, Edmond. “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Trans. Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard. Fundamentals of Literature. 2nd Ed. Rebecca Moore. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2010. 348-502. E-book.
Cyrano is a very intelligent, noble, skillful swordsman who is full of knowledge and creativity to allow him to write his writings. Cyrano shows loving character because he delivers a letter to Roxane every day, of his own feelings and helpful when helping Christian and his struggles with Roxane. Cyrano is also brave and ambitious because he is not afraid of any challenge that awaits him.
“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.
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...
Society tends to misjudge people base on their appearances instead of their personality. This can be seen in the play Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. In which Roxane represents that vile aspect of society. Roxane is attracted to Christian based on his looks, and under minds Cyrano because of his appearance. Society misjudgment of people cause oppression on an individual and it is from oppression and misjudgment f character that causes self consciousness to be born. Cyrano exhibits this self consciousness by helping Christian. Such oppression or self conscious aids to form magnificent characteristics attributes such as the ones portrayed by Cyrano throughout the novel. After all of its societies misjudgment that causes Cyrano to be the character that he is.
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
Cyrano de Bergerac is a man of many talents but like most people he also has some flaws. Cyrano is known by many people for his large nose, his great
While reading Cyrano de Bergerac, I found myself often wondering whether or not Cyrano had led a happy life. Actually, I never once wondered that, but that is irrelevant, because Cyrano’s happiness is the focus of this essay. Was he happy? Truth be told, I cannot say for sure. If we look upon his life, it would seem that he was a bit of a martyr, always sacrificing his happiness for the sake of others. This is probably the case, but I do not believe that he led his life with his happiness as any sort of goal. That will be a defining case in my argument. What I really believe is that he simply did not care about his happiness. In that sense, he did not so much sacrifice it, as he annexed and divided it when he saw fit. To a further extent, this apathy towards himself probably came from a low self-worth, almost certainly spawned not from his elephantine nose, but the fair maiden Roxanne. Finally, the nose itself, the very icon of de Bergerac, was probably not the problem that Cyrano believed it to be. All of this, however obscure it may seem, is crucial to the question posed of me now.
Throughout the play, Cyrano exhibits his obstinate and presumptuous personality. He adamantly believes that his way is the only way and he defies any opposing force that comes against him. He refuses to listen to any sound advice from his friends. The most obvious example is when he refuses De Guiche's offer to be his patron. Instead of accepting the advice from his best friend, Le Bret, he has a rousing “No Thank You” tirade in front of the Cadets where he openly refuses to be under De Guiche’s patronage, proclaiming that living under another man's honor is beneath him.
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