In the play Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, the main character Cyrano de Bergerac exhibits virtuous behaviors such as bravery, selflessness and loyalty. Cyrano discusses with Roxane about how she wants Cyrano to protect Christian so he does not gets hurt, she goes on to say that Cyrano exemplifies a sense of bravery for fighting 100 men, he replies with “ ‘I have shown more since’ ” (Rostand 47). Cyrano says that he has shown more courage in talking to Roxane than it took to fight 100 men. Seconds before Christian dies, Cyrano tells him “ ‘I’ve told her everything.
Edmond Rostand’s comedic play Cyrano de Bergerac recounts the tragic heartbreak of an unsightly French poet as he aids his handsome but dull cohort Christian in capturing the heart of the beautiful Roxane. Cyrano de Bergerac, a colossal-nosed man with a masterful talent for wielding both words and sword, battles self-doubt and insecurity as he contends with his own feelings of love for Roxane. Throughout the play, Rostand reveals a stark polarity between Cyrano and Christian, illuminating the gaping disparity between the characters’ appearance and intellect while portraying the men as foils for each other. From the play’s beginning, Rostand’s audience becomes keenly aware of the divergence between Cyrano’s intellectual substance and Christian’s physical attributes. While Cuigy pronounces Christian “a charming head,” the character describes himself as “...far from bright” (Rostand 1.4-5).
Roxane’s desire for beautiful language and exquisite confessions of love heavily affect the behavior of Christian and Cyrano. When Christian attempts to tell Roxane that he loves her, Roxane, angered, pouts, “You offer skimmed milk when I ask for cream. Tell me how you love me” (76). While, for many people, a simple declaration of love is more than sufficient, Roxane expects her love to come in the form of exquisite, extravagant, and embellished poetry. Her demands for flowery language place an immense, stressful burden on Christian, who struggles to please her.
This will later prove to be incorrect when Roxane reveals she was in love with the soul who wrote the poems, not Christians looks. Though kindness is considered a positive quality, Cyrano’s ultimately results in him losing the woman he loves until the end of the play, when it is too late for him to be
Cyrano and Christian are contrasting characters, but their traits together make the perfect man. Cyrano is unable to confess his love to Roxanne because his nose makes him insecure about his looks. Believing Roxane will never love a stupid person, Christian comes to Cyrano for help when she expects a letter from him. Cyrano comes up with the plan that he will write the letters to Roxane, and Christian will give them to her as letters written from himself. Christian is able to be the face of the plan because of his handsome outer appearance, while Cyrano is the brains.
Cyrano is brave when it comes to fighting and competition, but not when it comes to love because he is afraid of rejection. In the book it says, “Madly. More. Tell her. No.
Cyrano has confidence in executing his grand gestures, one of them including his high standards in art and theatre. At the Hotel de Bourgogne, the play La Clorise has just started. Montfleury, an actor, enters the stage when suddenly Cyrano, who is not part of the play interrupts him. Cyrano demands Montfleury to “leave the stage—at once!” (20).
In the book, Cyrano is conveyed to be nervous, anxious, and excited to meet Roxane in Raganaue’s shop. In act two, the text states, “I will write, fold it, give it her, and fly! (Throws down the pen): Coward!. . .But strike me dead if I dare to speak to her,. . .ay, even one single word!(To Ragueneau): What time is it?"
Cyrano despises most people in his society for being so obsequious. He wants only to state the bold, insulting truth; this kind of openness is a reflection of his boldness and courage. A final example of Cyrano’s courage is when Cyrano describes the way he wants to die to the cadets. His reply to them, “‘Always the answer, yes! Let me die so, under some
For instance, Cyrano even used his flaws to flaunt his superiority over others. Showing the first signs of Cyrano’s egotistical thoughts, he demonstrated that having a large nose is not such a grotesque characteristic: “I carry it with pride, because a big nose is a sign of affability, kindness, courtesy, wit, generosity, and courage” (Rostand 37). Complacently and smugly, Cyrano believed that his preeminence and wittiness made him superior to his peers. As an example, Cyrano seemed irritated when others did not do as he told them, and used his intellect for
In another instance, we find out that his best friend Marial was killed by a lion and that he was greatly affected by the death of his friend but through this, his uncle was there to comfort him and protect him. This tells us
Their feelings for one another change rapidly from passionate love to extreme loathing. Catullus often portrays himself as the faithful, love-sick victim and Lesbia as the unfaithful, villainous woman of ill repute. Catullus uses the phrase ‘odi et amo’ which means ‘I hate and I love’ in poem 85 which perfectly describes his relationship with Lesbia. With these words Catullus conveys the inner turmoil and distress that love inflicts upon him. Catullus hoped that love would make him feel happy and whole but through his tumultuous relationship with Lesbia, he discovers that being in love has only made him insecure and obsessive as well as cause him great pain and suffering.
Malvolio is blind to the fact that Olivia didn’t write the letter; the letter tells him how to dress to impress her. Under misjudgment, Malvolio follows these guidelines. When Olivia realizes what is happening she breaks Malvolio’s heart. Going to show that love and following your heart can lead to immense pain and suffering because of neglecting your mind. Monique Honaman, eHarmony.com love analyst, shares a life story with her readers, telling us about how she met her husband; one section of her article caught my eye, she goes on to tell the readers about how “The logical, sensible side of me told me to take things slowly.”
The narrator’s emotional mindset reflects both the time of the incident and the moment of composition, when the original emotions go through the process of recollection and reflection. Also, it’s interesting to note that “Love” is a short story, not a poem. However, by recognizing that short stories can also be an outcome of the author’s calm recollection of an outburst of emotions, we have gained a deeper insight into the author’s inner operations for the composition
Do we really love what we do? In the article “In the Name of Love,” Miya Tokumitsu covers the issue that doing what you love (DWYL) gives false hope to the working class. Tokumitsu reviews how those who are given jobs ultimately cannot truly love what they do because of the employers who make jobs possible. These same employers keep their employees overlooked.
