Cyrano De Bergerac Essay

Do you prefer watching an old play with classic music and dulcet poetry or a modern movie with beautiful background and excellent acting skill? If the answer were the former, the movie Cyrano de Bergerac would be a good choice for you. In 17th-century, French, a poet and swordsman, Cyrano, who has a huge funny nose, falls in love with a very beautiful lady Roxanne. However he is worried about she will never love him back because of his special looking. At the same time, a handsome man whose name is Christian also loves Roxanne, but he is lacking the skill of language. Then, Cyrano agrees to help Christian write a letter to Roxanne expressing his love. On the other hand, Cyrano has a chance to deliver his own emotion to Roxanne. Fifteen years later, Roxanne realizes that all of the letters are written by Cyrano when they are talking about her husband Christian, and he notices that in the past fifteen years, what she love is the soul of Cyrano instead of Christian. Finally she confesses her love to Cyrano before he dies. According to Bosley Crowther’s movie review, …show more content…
In the movie Roxanne, once, Charlie molests a lady publicly, when he and another man walk on the road, and it makes her become angry. This seems to me, is a very rude behavior, which could result in harming one’s feeling. Unlike the movie Roxanne, the women in Cyrano de Bergerac such Roxanne is very respected by the man. When Cyrano and Roxanne meet in a restaurant, Cyrano holds her hand and leads her into the room. Also, Cyrano kisses her hand and acts very gentile while he leaves her. From these inconspicuous actions, I realize that women are very respectful of this time. This could be a good movie for young people to learn how to respect women as a gentleman. Further more, for some scholar, watching this film could not only for having fun, but also for learning history and culture of