Love In Roxane's Cyrano De Bergerac

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“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”(Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land). In the play, Cyrano de Bergerac, you might question yourself on what is love. For the very lovely and witty Roxane has several men who proclaim their love to her, and yet something is missing in a few of them. It is the one who hides himself that she truly loves, though she does not know that. An equally witty, though not at all lovely, Cyrano de Bergerac is found to be in love with Roxane. Cyrano de Bergerac circles around these two individuals, Roxane and Cyrano, watching them as they interact and change and grow. Roxane though it takes her fifteen years to realize, loves Cyrano, and Cyrano will admit it to her once he has learned not to be ashamed of his face. …show more content…
But there is one issue, his cleverness and eloquence of language is lacking to the degree that to speak would quickly scare off Roxane. So afraid is he of losing any chance with her, Christian determines not to speak to her. This is in his best interest, but through word of mouth Cyrano, who is deeply in love with Roxane himself, hears of Christians feelings. Cyrano, after learning more about Christian, such as he has no way with words, decides to lend him his. And so, hiding behind Christians handsome face, Cyrano can tell Roxane all he feels for her. Despite hardly know him Roxane falls for Christian, not knowing his words are of another. This whirlwind relationship with Christian takes place in mere days, including the marriage of Christian and Roxane, but for the fifteen years after Christians death on the battle field Roxane will mourn
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