Cyrano De Bergerac

In class this rotation we watched a number of performances throughout the 1600’s-20th century. We have gone over lots of material and highlighted some of the historic developments, especially in France leading to the French Revolution and then in Europe and America to the twentieth century. We have covered lots of different styles including, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism and Absurdism.
One of my favorite films we watched was called Cyrano de Bergerac, written by Rostand. The play is about a brilliant poet named Cyrano de Bergerac. As the play progresses, he finds himself deeply in love with his cousin, Roxane. Cyrano is known for having a huge ugly nose, and because of this, he is nervous to risk telling Roxane his feelings. When a cadet, Christian, also falls for Roxane, he asks for Cyrano’s help in sharing his feelings. Cyrano decides to help by writing love letters and poetry to Roxane in Christian's name. Roxane eventually finds out that Cyrano has been writing the notes all along and that he is the soul she has fallen in love with. Cyrano draws his sword and kills himself. He collapses …show more content…
This is a very absurd play. You can tell it is absurd by its very bare setting. The set is completely blank with only a couple of men and a white tree. The two main characters are waiting for a man named Godot. The play consists of the men talking about many different topics while waiting, such as committing suicide. A prime example of the absurd theme is the ending. It is not a normal play, the reader really has to think about the ending. The dialogue is also very absurd because there are lots of long pauses between characters throughout the play. The thing I will remember most about this play is probably the theme of it. I have never seen an absurd play before and I found it very interesting. It was really disorganized and hard to follow at times, but I don’t think I will ever forget