...Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac is a play that was created during the Romantic era. During the Romantic era, people looked back at the works of Shakespeare and borrowed the characteristics from his writings. Shakespeare’s plays were full of emotions, action, and passion. Cyrano de Bergerac contains these characteristics, especially because Cyrano loves Roxane, but Roxanne likes someone else. Roxanne even asks Cyrano about the man she likes, which causes Cyrano to become sad. Lastly, there is a fencing scene that has a lot of action because of the quick movements, and because Cyrano cuts the loser on his face. The set and costumes are very realistic. They are important to the play because accuracy was important during the Romantic...
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...In the discussion of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac my classmate illuminated the meaning of the rankings. We learned that the cardinal was very powerful and second in rank to the king. This fact led me to the realization that when the cardinal was mentioned it was seen as both respectable and impressive. In addition, we discussed that De Guiche is a Count which is a middle class ranking. While, Cyrano is just a guard which is a low military ranking. Therefore, this furthered my understanding that their conflict also encompasses class struggle. Additionally, a classmate started the discussion on the difference in the time the play was set and the time period it was written. Cyrano de Bergerac takes place in 17th century France. This was...
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...In the romantic comedy Cyrano De Bergerac, written by Edmond Rostand, there lived a tremendously beautiful woman named Roxanne. The people in Paris loved and/or wanted to be her, for she had most of the men there falling to their knees, including Christian and her cousin, Cyrano. Cyrano, a romantic hero, as brave and as charming as he acted, only had one flaw, his colossal nose. Even though he loved Roxanne, she did not notice. She was to busy falling head over heels for the immensely attractive Christian, the new individual in town. Too worried that he would ruin everything between him and Roxanne, due to his inability to talk to women, Christian convinced Cyrano, who could woo the ladies with just a rhythmic word, to write letters for him to Roxanne making her believe that Christian was a poetic genius, unknowing that this would be a secret they would carry with them for the rest of their lives....
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...Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac is a play that was created during the Romantic era. During the Romantic era, people looked back at the works of Shakespeare and borrowed the characteristics from his writings. Shakespeare’s plays were full of emotions, action, and passion. Cyrano de Bergerac also contains these characteristics especially because Cyrano loves Roxane, but Roxanne likes someone else. Roxanne even asks Cyrano about the man she likes, which causes Cyrano to become sad. Lastly, there is a fencing scene that has a lot of action because of the quick movements, and because Cyrano cuts the loser on his face. Lastly, the set and costumes are very realistic and important for the play because it is historically accurate, and it...
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...John Steinbeck “Of Mice and Men” and Edmond Rostand's play “Cyrano de Bergerac”, the stories in these famous texts show how dreams just lead to pain and suffering which would rather be avoided. In extreme cases, the outcome that came to John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” was pretty blunt and depressing. But what I...
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...ENGL101-1501B March 2, 2015 Compare and Contrast Roxanne vs. Cyrano De Bergerac Although Roxanne and Cyrano De Bergerac are based on the same story, the nature of the characters and the ending in the two stories are different. People would rather see Roxanne and Charlie together and happy then the character of Charlie being killed as in Cyrano. In the following essay, I will be comparing and contrasting Roxanne and Cyrano De Bergerac in order to demonstrate how in the newer version, Roxanne and Charlie end up together and happy, whereas the original version kills off the character of Cyrano. I feel that Roxanne was a better movie because it has a happy ending unlike Cyrano De Bergerac that has a tragic ending. Isn’t it better to assume that the characters would rather have a fist fight than a sword fight? Isn’t it easier to accept the character as a firefighter rather than a French cadet? I believe so. To me, isn’t it more genuine to have the movie set in modern times in our country than Cyrano which is set in a time and place that no one alive can relate to? For example, the plots are the same, the ugly man wants the attractive girl but she is being swayed by looks rather than brains, but they are very different characters. Steve Martin’s Roxanne portrays love and happiness while Rostand’s Cyrano is a complicated and serious man, but both are similar in the way that they both appealed to people...
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...In Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, loosely based off of 17th century french Cyrano de Bergerac, it is about a skilled swordsman, a romantic poet, and a physically grotesque man with beautiful words. Because Cyrano’s insecurities, he is unable to truthfully profess his love to Roxane, causing him to use Christian, a handsome soldier whom Roxanne is in love with, as a proxy between him and Roxanne. Despite Rostand defining this play as a heroic comedy, Cyrano holds many characteristics that define him as a tragic hero. According to Aristotle's idea of a tragedy, it is when the story ends unhappily for the protagonist. In addition, in order for a character to be defined as a tragic hero, a character must arouse pity from the audience,...
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...Cyrano de Bergerac vs. Roxanne Shahaan Farrukh The play Cyrano de Bergerac and the modernized movie Roxanne draw many parallels with each other, a major one, of which, are the characters. Only four of the main characters are modernized into this movie, Le Bret into Dixie, Christian into Chris, Roxane into Roxanne, and most blatant, Cyrano and C.D. Bailes. These characters have equivalent traits but have differences that actually make some significant changes in the formula of the play. Although Cyrano and C.D. Bailes have many similarities and have the nose to reflect their exuberant personality, Bailes is not true at heart the Cyrano that we know in the play. Throughout the play it is evident that pride is very important to society especially to Cyrano, but in the movie Bailes tended to basically fight only when provoked. The difference being as Le Bret tells Cyrano in one scene in the play that his confidence, pride, and his own tendency to provoke people brought him lots of enemies. There is no scene in the movie like in the play’s opening where Cyrano was the one who started all the ruckus, beginning with Montfleury and leading to fights both physically and verbally. None of which would happen if he just let the crowd enjoy the play. This makes sense given that the movie is a modernization into a society where that type of pride is less abundant. It would be also much less likely for Cyrano to ask anyone to “fix” his nose, because that pride also would not allow...
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...Cyrano de Bergerac is a play that was written by Rostand Edmond in the 1800s, but the story took place in the 1600s. The play tells the story of an odd love triangle between three of the main characters, Cyrano, Christian and Roxane. According to modern literary definitions of a comedy and a tragedy, a comedy can be described as one where, “the protagonist succeeds in his or her goal,” or one where, “a story treats the characters and situations in a humorous manner and the novel ends happily for the protagonist.” A tragedy is described as one that, “end unhappily for the protagonist,” and one in which, “the protagonist fails in his or her goal.” Throughout the story, aspects of both can be seen, but overall, the story is more of a tragedy....
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...fear but not every hero depicts those certain characteristics. In the classic play, Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, Cyrano, a swordsman and romantic poet, represents the qualities found within a tragic hero. Cyrano lacks self-confidence and ends up living more of an unfulfilled life knowing he fights a war within himself than against enemies, therefore he dies as a tragic hero in the end. To begin, Cyrano sets an excellent example of what qualities a tragic hero obtains and how those qualities apply to the decisions Cyrano make throughout the play that potentially lead to a dreadful denouement. In the beginning, Cyrano hides the fact that he struggles to accept his one and only obvious flaw, that being his nose. As a result, Cyrano acts as if he is superior to other who appear to challenge his authority such as the meddler who came to simply judge Cyrano’s looks and Cyrano is quick to acknowledge his nose by addressing,”For a great nose indicates a great man- / Genial, courageous, intellectual” (Edmond Rostand 29). Cyrano is commonly mistaken as an easy target but due to his cockiness, Cyrano simply humiliates whomever just to see his or her reaction since he views himself as an stupendous individual. Also, Cyrano portrays prosperity from the start of the...
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...In the play entitled Cyrano de Bergerac, the principal character, Cyrano, falls in love with his precieuse cousin dubbed as Lady Roxane. Unfortunately, as a result of his substantially prolonged nose, Cyrano is seen by others as unsightly, despite the numerous prodigious skills he possesses. Due to this insecurity, Cyrano’s ability to confess his affection towards Roxane is sadly obstructed. Whilst Roxane becomes infatuated with an immensely handsome (but rather dull-witted) nobleman named Christian in the beginning of the play, her conception concerning her love interest(s) gradually enhances as one progresses through Cyrano de Bergerac. Attributable to her grand alteration in both maturity and disposition, her love in relation to Cyrano ought to be irrefutable as opposed to Christian’s....
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...Rostand suggests how patronage causes an artist to lose his individuality. He shows this through Cyrano’s speech to Le Bret. Cyrano’s deep criticism of the poetic platform expresses insight on how a multitude of composers are too caught up in the act of pleasing others. After a glorious triumph over one hundred men the night before, Cyrano receives an overflowing amount of praise, yet he refuses to accept an offer to work with the most powerful figure in France knowing that his work can be tampered with. Le Bret, Cyrano’s right-hand man, disapproves of his friend’s actions as chances for success are now slim, however, Cyrano’s response remains true to his ideals: “Tickle the horns of Mammon with my left hand, while my right too proud to...
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...In Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, the character of Cyrano's defining trait is his romanticism, due to its role as a significant motivator of his actions as well as the cause of much of his internal conflict. When explaining his motivation in kicking the actor, Montfluery, off his stage, Cyrano explains to Le Bret, "I've hated him since the day he looked at... It was like watching a slimy slug crawl on a flower!" (Rostand 49) When he trails off he is referring to the woman he loves, Roxane, whom he imagines is so pure Montfluery should not even gaze upon her. This demonstrates how his deep sensitivity to beauty and romance drive him to defend those he loves, even if that person does not know of his actions or if the threat...
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...true for Cyrano. The play Cyrano de Bergerac, written by Edmond Rostand, takes place in the 1600’s in Paris France. It displays the main character, Cyrano, who is in love with the woman Roxane but is disappointed after realizing that his love for her is not mutual. Although in some cases Cyrano’s huge nose brings him pride, the majority of the time it brings him pain. Cyrano’s nose causes him a lot of pain when interacting with other people. This is evident during his first real encounter with Roxane. Cyrano becomes extremely nervous and anxious when he learns that Roxane wants to meet with him. Roxane begins describing all the qualities of the man she loves to Cyrano during their meeting in Ragueneau’s pastry shop. At this point Cyrano is extremely excited because all of them are fitting his own description. This is true until she says, “His face shines with wit and intelligence. He’s proud, noble, young, fearless, handsome…”(Cyrano 2.6.77). Cyrano stands up quickly with a stricken expression and it is here that he realizes that it is not him that Roxane loves. This causes a lot of pain to Cyrano because he is rejected for his unattractive nose. Cyrano’s pain is enhanced when she tells him that he is her best friend. Cyrano is not anticipating this and realizes that he will not have a chance with Roxane. It is reasonable to say that if Cyrano were to have a more normal nose, Roxane’s description will fit Cyrano exactly. After this point in the story, Cyrano has a...
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...In the story Cyrano de Bergerac the twisting love story between a love triangle is emotionally crazy. 3 peoples love for each other will affect them all. Everyone has a different type of love. The characters in this book all have different types of love and they don’t even know it. Arguing Cyrano's’ love is the spiritual type of love will be difficult but here’s why. In the beginning Cyrano describes his love for Roxane but feels as if he is too ugly for her. Reminding you of his unusually large nose. He tries to look or think of plans to make himself more admirable. “The simplest -- to make myself in all things more admirable”. (47) Throughout this book there he will say how he feels through poetry and with that it shows his love for Roxane...
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