Edmond Rostand's Cyrano De Bergerac

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Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" is a comedic story filled with moments of love, laughter, and tragedy. Cyrano, a cadet in the French military, attempts to choose between the passions of his heart and his realistic goals. His talents help guide him through his journey while his insecurities hold him back. Eventually he must chose loyalty between his friendship and his love which causes unexpected events to take place. There are many circumstances that showed Cyrano's true personality traits, such as his insecurities, loyalty, and his strong willed temper, which eventually shaped his entire life, causing him to never gain a relationship with his true love, Roxanne. Cyrano's insecurities play a major role in the play, which causes him to live with only a few strong relationships. There are many circumstances when Cyrano lashes out on people when they comment about his rather large and ugly nose. …show more content…
Cyrano shows this characteristic when he wrote the letters to Roxanne on behalf of Christian. Because he made Christian a promise to help him confess his love to Roxanne, he himself lost out on opportunities to show Roxanne his true feelings. Crank ruined his chances of winning Roxanne when he told Christian he would help him, saying, "Come. Shall we collaborate? I'll be your cloak of darkness, your enchanted sword, your ring to charm the fairy Princess" (100). Another time he shows this trait is when he has weekly visits to Roxanne at the end of the play. He goes to her every week for years to visit while she is in the convent. He showed true loyalty for the one he loved by visiting her, he never gave up or left her even when it was the hardest. Sister Claire in the convent noted the presence of his trait, saying, “That he has come, each week, on Saturday for ten years, to the convent!” (202). This quality, although admirable, caused him to live life without his

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