Core English
Mr.Binder
In the book Cyrano de Bergerac written by Edmond Rostand is a book about a realistic fiction play. This play takes place in France, around the 1600’s. There are many mixed emotions within this play, like sadness, happiness, comedy, and anger. The characters who take part in this book is Cyrano, Roxane, De Guiche, Christian, and the Cadets. Cyrano loves Roxane and slowly throughout this book she finds out more and more about how deep his love is for her. In Act 1, Scene 4, Cyrano is explaining that he doesn't need any fancy clothing, he doesn't need anyone to tell him how to dress or what to wear. Valvert is telling Cyrano along with De Guiche that he doesn't wear gloves, and he is an uncouth barbarian …show more content…
Elegance is your grace, and beauty and what you look like basically. Cyrano’s idea of elegance is that he thinks it’s stupid, and he doesn't understand why people care so much about it. Valvert thinks that elegance is the most important thing about a man. He cares what everyone thinks about him, so when he saw Cyrano not wearing what he wears he explains his elegance. A fop is someone who has a refined appearance and who is good looking and richly dressed, holding presently. Cyrano talks about fop’s and describes them as a beauty king basically. When Cyrano is saying that he isn’t a fop he is admitting that no he doesn't dress very fancy but he doesn't care. Moral grooming means to care for the appearance of something, or to make trin. Cyrano is saying grooming your soul, and any of your bad decisions. Moral means the concern about your wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character. Cyrano is explaining that he would rather groom his soul and mistakes, rather than grooming his clothing and his shoes to impress people. The phrase soiled conscience is a phrase that really describes Cyrano. Soiled means to make dirty, and conscience is an inner feeling or voice within you that acts as a guide to the right or wrong doings of one’s behavior. With this phrase threadbare scruples, threadbare means an idea or argument that is used way to often to be effective anymore. Scruples is when someone hesitates to do something